Comparative Questions?

1. Compare and contrast the descriptions of Native Americans offered by Columbus (Document 16-2) and by Castillo (Document 16-4). How would you explain the differences you note?
2. Taken together, what do the documents included in this chapter tell you about the motives and goals behind Spanish exploration and colonization in the New World?
3. Compare and contrast de Bry’s engraving of Columbus at Hispaniola (Document 16-3) and the images from The Florentine Codex (Document 16-5). How did each deal with the issue of violence between Europeans and Native Americans?