Columbus & ìDiscoveryî

• 1492: lands on what he thinks is Japan (present-day Puerto Rico) (q.v. Pohl p.16)

• Named the indigenous inhabitants ìindiosî (ìIndiansî)

• Importance of concept of ìdiscoveryî and ìnewnessî to idea of ìAmericaî

Theodore de Bryís engraving of Columbus

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