Friday, January 17, 2020

Why did Europeans feel superior to Ameridians in the 16th-17th centuries?


TO DO:

Clik on the link below the picture above, read the text by Dr Kilroy-Ewbank, then answer the following questions:

  1. Who first drew the scene?
  2. What is the date of this ink drawing?
  3. Who made the engraving of the drawing?
  4. When was this etching made?
  5. When did Vespucci explore the Americas?
  6. What does Vespucci's cape hide?
  7. How is Vespucci dressed, what is he doing, why is he there?
  8. Why is he holding a banner with a crucifix on top?
  9. What is an astrolabe used for?
  10. What is the Ameridian woman doing; why is she almost naked?
  11. What does she symbolize?
  12. What exotic flora and fauna are depicted?
  13. What are the people in the middle distance up to?
  14. Who invented printing, the compass and gunpowder?
  15. Did Columbus believe he had found a new route to Asia?
  16. Were the “Indios” all the same people?
  17. What were non-Christians called?
  18. Why did printmakers feel free to invent figures and motifs in their illustrations of publications about the Americas?
  19. Why did Europeans view America as exotic and primitive?
  20. How do YOU see “Indiens” (from the USA)?