Columbus Letter To Luis De Santangel Analysis
In Christopher Columbus’s composed letter to Luis De Santangel announcing his discovery on his “hurried voyage” of the “New World”, and his King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella boasting to the world, countries soon became envious, thus embarking the age of exploration. In Columbus's letter to the royal highnesses of Spain, the colonists, Native Americans, were “timid” and afraid to fight against the Spaniards, as their weaponry was no match for theirs. As a consequence, this lead to the use of scare tactics, a form of manipulation that depends on exaggerated fear and repetition to influence the public towards the Spaniards benefit, thus the exploitation of the Indian population. Degrading them to a form of impar subhuman, referenced as a “slave”.