Ethnocentric First Impressions of the New World
The first impressions of the New World created by the
European culture was created from minds that were
ethnocentric. I am aware that not every single European
citizen thought the same way about the Natives as it is
generally depicted. The general concensus of the European
people was that the newly discovered was theirs, and whoever
inhabited the land was going to be conquered.
The impressions of the New World were started prior to
the landing of Christopher Columbus. Europe had been
anticipating the discovery of the New World by the statements
of a poet by the name of Pulci Astarotte. He anticipated an
evangelical mission of the Europeans among a group of
heathens(Gerbi 37). Discoverers started creating images of
the Natives because of Astarotle's statement, and the
explorers were already prepared for their initial meeting.
The faces of the Natives were shining and stupendous in the
eyes of Columbus. Columbus thought the faces were more
stupendous than what he had previously imagined(Gerbi 38).
Dr. Chanca accompanied Columbus on the second voyage.
He was surprised with the land of the New World and the
luxuriant and incredibly varied American flora. Despite his
noticing the differences between the Natives and the
cannibals, he found that the behavior of these Natives to be
humorous: he laughed at them. Dr. Chanca had no personal
feelings toward the "primitive" man. He made jokes about the
women of Antilles, showing his lack of respect toward the
Natives. It was unknown how Dr. Chanca's impressions would
have an impact on the European community(Gerbi 39).
Completely different from Dr. Chanca and his beliefs,
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show that the culture that was discovered was worth taking
and the inhabitants that were living there were inferior.
Even though Columbus' descriptions of the Natives may have
been accurate his impressions of them being inferior set the
initial impressions of inferiority in the minds of the Old
World.
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