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The Doctrine of Discovery
Jan. 27th, 2023 09:20 amToday I learned about the Doctrine of Discovery, which is how the Spanish claimed authority and ownership of The New World. (Yes, this is STILL, tangentially, about pirates.)
When we are small children, we are told "Columbus discovered America, or at least the West Indies." This is kind of weird because when he GOT HERE there were already PEOPLE HERE, but maybe I guess he "discovered" it for Spain, who previously didn't know about it.
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When we are small children, we are told "Columbus discovered America, or at least the West Indies." This is kind of weird because when he GOT HERE there were already PEOPLE HERE, but maybe I guess he "discovered" it for Spain, who previously didn't know about it.
( Read more? )
