the native peoples were often enslaved by the conquering nations. APEXX
the native peoples were often enslaved by the conquering nations. APEXX
The native peoples' culture was disrupted by the introduction of Christianity.
The Native Americans are a perfect example of what happens when the Old world meets the new world. They died of diseases, were discriminated against, moved off of ancestral lands, and segregated.
The native peoples' land was stripped of its Natural Resources
Europeans approached the lands and peoples they discovered as new possessions they had gained. In this view the riches of the land, along with its people belonged to them by right of conquest.
Prospectors flocked to Cherokee lands after the discovery of gold.
Scholastic has a series of articles called Lands and Peoples, written by various people. Is this what you are referring to? Also, David L. Clawson has written a book called "Latin America and The Caribbean: Lands and Peoples"
Not in terms of philosophy. It was the Renaissance and its re-discovery of Greek and Roman philosophy and arts that at this time changed European thought. The peoples in the discovered lands were either seen as heathen barbarians or as representatives of a totally alien culture. The voyages only changed European knowledge of geography and changed its thoughts about the possibilities for economic growth.
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Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America, of which Canada is a part. So in a sense he can be said to have discovered Canada as part of his discovery of America, generally. However, Columbus never traveled to the lands that are now part of Canada.
Pizarro discovered the Incan lands including but not limited to Peru and made Lima the capital of Peru
Amerigo Vespucci did not make a discovery himself. He was an Italian explorer who made several voyages to the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. He is best known for realizing that the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus were a new continent, which led to the naming of the Americas in his honor.