Monthly Archives: September 2013

Bradford and Morton

How would you compare Bradford’s first sighting of the continent with other first sightings we have seen, e.g. Columbus, Vespucci. What do the differences between them suggest about the viewers and their purposes in the Americas? In the absence of cannibals and amazons, what are the primary symbolic and literal threats to Bradford’s colony and how do they change over time?

Virgina: Smith and Harriot

How does Harriot’s account of the Virginia natives differ from those of the Spanish we have read? What do these differences suggest about Harriot’s imagined terms of settlement in Virginia?
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Think about the differences between Smith’s and Harriot’s accounts of settlement in Virginia? What are the differences in the way they describe the region and its inhabitants? What do those differences tell us about the two explorers and writers?