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Historical Interpretations of the Columbian Voyages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

Alfred W. Crosby
Alfred W. Crosby
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University of Texas
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The five hundredth anniversary of the Columbian discovery of America is upon us, and with it the obligation to assess existing interpretations of the significance of that voyage and the establishment of permanent links between the Old and the New Worlds. The most influential of the several schools of interpretation are, on the one hand, the newest and analytic, and the other, the classic and bardic. The former is for many recondite and discomforting. The latter, the one most often taught, dramatized, and believed in North America, is for most as comfortable as an old pair of slippers. We learned it at primary school.

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Itinerario , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , July 1989 , pp. 45 - 66
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Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1989

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