DOCUMENT RESUME ED 380 311 SO 022 738 AUTHOR Bill, Willard, Comp.; And Others TITLE The Columbus Quincentennial: A Sourcebook. INSTITUTION Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. PUB DATE 92 NOTE 146p. AVAILABLE FROM Evergreen State College Bookstore, Olympia, WA 98505 (S6) . PUB TYPE Reference Materials - Bibliographies (131) Historical Materials (060) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *American Indian History; Culture Conflict; *Culture Contact; Environmental Education; Higher Education; Resource Materials; Seafarers; Slavery; *Western Civilization; *World History IDENTIFIERS *Columbus (Christopher); *Columbus Quincentenary ABSTRACT This document provides interpretive and bibliographical information concerning Christopher Columbus and his voyages to the New World. Following a preface, Part A of the sourcebook presents four authors' "Introductory Perspectives" on the meaning of Columbus' contacts with the Americas. Part B consists of resources on:(1) "Europe and the Americas in the 15th and 16th Centuries"; (2) "Columbus, His Voyages, and Other Early Explorations"; (3) "Impacts on Europe and the World";(4) "Impacts on the Western Hemisphere"; ;(5) "Ecological and Agricultural Impacts"; (6) "Slavery";(7) "Indians of North America"; (8) "Indians in Washington and the Impact of Treaty Making";(9) "Historiography of Columbus";(10) "Other References and Directories"; and (11) "Major Quincentennial Events in Washington." Appendices provide notes about the sourcebook's contributors and an index of authors and editors. 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Or caDamrahon ..ginalng it I' Woo, thews hate been theft to ahatove ,ep,oloc I on puma!, 00111101 WM. d Opnecont ttatecim 1(54 doc,, mem 60 a01 floc. alla,ar Iareaen1 othval OE RI tosaon or Doacy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GR NTED BY 01\Pte-0-)e_cz-e(2-- TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." i v 'e l',1' t_ I 1,k rA ,7 BEST COPY AVAILABLE 2 The Columbus Quincentennial: A Sourcebook Compiled by Willard Bill, Angela Gilliam, Dan Leahy, Jean MacGregor, Robert Matthews, Yvonne DuPuis Peterson, Dal Symes, Gail Tremblay, and Jay Hansford Vest Edited by Jean MacGregor Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education The Evergreen State College Olympia, Washington 1992 3 You have permission to reproduce this work in part or as a whole, but we request that you cite The Washington Center for Undergraduate Education at The Evergreen State College, and the authors. Additional copies of this Sourcebook can be obtained from The Evergreen State College Bookstore, Olympia, WA 98505. The cost (with postage) is $6.50 per copy of ordered from within Washington State, and $6.00 per copy when ordered from outside the state of Washington. Pleas fi.d.ke checks payable to The Evergreen State College. The sourcebook cover shows a detail from the Jodocus Hondius World Map, made in London around 1589 to celebrate Drake's explorations of the west coast of what is now North America, and to celebrate England's incipient expansionism. Color plates of the map can be found in Kenneth Nebenzahl's Atlas of Columbus and The Great Discoveries (Rand McNally, 1990). The map itself is at the United States Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division: "Vera Totius Expeditionis Nauticae" Hondius G 3201.512 1595.H6 Vault. 4 Contents Preface Part A. Introductory perspectives: Columbus then and now 1. Exploration, Exploitation, and Explanation: Columbus in History and Historiography, by Robert Matthews 3 2.The Paradigm of Conquest,by Gail Tremblay 15 3. The Challenge of 1992, by Angela Gilliam 21 4. Groundwork for the Seventh Generationfrom Now, by Yvonne Peterson 23 Part B. Resources 1. Europe and the Americas in the 15th and 16th Centuries 27 2. Columbus, His Voyages and other Early Explorations 41 3. Impacts on Europe and the World 51 4. Impacts on the Western Hemisphere 57 5. Ecological and Agricultural Impacts 63 6. Slavery 73 7. Indians of North America 79 8. Indians in Washington and the Impacts of Treaty-Making 95 9. Historiography of Columbus 121 10. Other References and Directories 131 11. Major Quincentennial Events in Washington 135 Appendix A. About the Sourcebook Contributors 143 B. Index of authors and editors 145 Preface The Washington Center's Quincentennial Sourcebook Project arose out of numbers of requests for materials and sources on the Quincentennial from librarians, faculty, multicultural services staff, and students at our participating colleges. Amidst the first media blizzard about Columbus and his legacies in the fall of 1991, these individuals voiced a need for an overview of recent scholarship, not only about Columbus and the impacts of the "encounter," but also about Native Americans today. We drew together a small group of teachers, scholars and activists to shape a modest resource guide. But we rapidly learned that bibliographic enterprises are infinite in their possibilities, and every new conversation we had with colleagues revealed new sources. You will see that for the most part, we have cited books. Where we have found especially useful journal articles or movies or video tapes, we have listed those as well, but we want you to know that our materials in these categories are not at all exhaustive. In the several major strands of this sourcebook, we know there must be omissions, particularly works which are appearing in print even as we hurry to get this to press. Other strands, we simply did not attempt to address. For example, there is a tremendous amount of scholarship about the conquest and colonization of Central and South America, much of it in Spanish and Portuguese, which we did not attempt to cite. In addition, there are small but growing amounts of new scholarship about the histories of both Europe and Africa, and how the "encounter" affected peoples on both of these continents. Important works are emerging, many of them in languages other than English. Responding to the requests we received, we have shaped a large portion of this sourcebook around Indians in North America today, and particularly Indians in Washington state. We believe we have created a unique resource for our region.In addition, there are several other excellent sourcebooks and resource guides on the topic of the Quincentennial that are cited in Section 10 of this sourcebook. A note about language. We use the terms "Indian" and "Native American" interchangeably, as Native Americans in our region do. We use the word "tribe" with reference to Indian tribes in the North America, but we acknowledge that "tribe" is a complicated term which is often misused, or abused, with reference to other indigenous peoples in the world. The sourcebook contributors who came together to plan this project volunteered their time in the midst of heavy teaching, writing and artistic commitments. We are grateful for their persistence and care in drawing together both the essays and annotated bibliographies, and giving of their time far beyond what any of us originally anticipated. We would also like to thank Jim Bauermeister, Karen James, Kathryn Shan ley, and Tom Rainey for reading different sections of the sourcebook, and suggesting additional materials. Lee Lyttle, multicultural reference librarian at The Evergreen State College library, gave us good advice at the outset about structuring the sourcebook, and he tracked down many of our periodical citations. Evergreen's non-print librarians, Marcus Frank and Jane Fisher, did the audiovisual research.Washington Center staff member Tina Floyd checked sources, and Isecky Wonder ly gathered essential information about Washington Tribes and upcoming Quincentennial events in the region. Roberta Pinson transcribed hours of audio-tape from the working meeting of the contributors, and Tom Maddox turned Bob Matthew's talk into a first draft of prose. Robert Keefe and Robert Cole helped us in myriad ways through the mysteries of desk-top publishing. The Evergreen Graphics staff created the cover design. All these people were a pleasure to work with, and their excitement for the project propelled us forward. October 12, 1992, and indeed the year leading up to it, has been a galvanizing event for the world to look back with new eyes, and to look forward. We hope. this sourcebook will be useful for years to come, stimulating new forms of dialogue, research, and exploration for ways to live together in this world that was forever changed in 1492. Jean MacGregor Sourcebook Editor and Quincentennial Project Leader Olympia, Washington 1992 Part A. Introductory Perspectives Columbus Then and Now The Columbus Qulaceoteenbd: A Sourcebook 1 8 Exploration, Exploitation and Explanation: Columbus in History and Historiography adapted from a talk given by Robert Matthews at a meeting of the Quincentennial Sourcebook Contributors, November 15, 1991 INTRODUCTION Let me open by stating that I am, by no means, a Columbus expert.I became involved in the Quincentennial when I was asked to direct the New York University- Columbia Consortium's Summer Institute on Latin America, which in 1991 treated the theme of the encounter of