Christopher Columbus was the poor son of a weaver who had a big plan for exploration in mind. Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese nobleman charged with the command of a mission to explore the Indies. I wanted to identify any differences in the obvious overarching pattern: white man sailing on behalf of a European nation “discovers” new land, claims it as their own, or in broader terms, “white people taking things that belong to people of color”. A critical race theory might be most apt for studying colonialism, but I wanted to see if anything interesting or revealing could be gleaned from a bibliographic close reading of “The Allure of the Sea: Africa and Beyond”, and Christopher Columbus’ own travel logs, “The Four Voyages”. This blog post will discuss imperialism and colonialism of the American New World through a bibliographical lens, through examining the lives of two explorers: Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus. mooregr on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight vs The Green Knight film.billysinker on Susan Smith on Pixar and Hitchcock.billysinker on Daphne du Maurier Biography.billysinker on Author and Audience: A Binary in New Media.billysinker on James Baldwin’s Interview with Robert Penn Warren.Thanksgiving like This November 3, 2021.Between the Acts (and World Wars) November 3, 2021.Exploring Feminism through the word Erotic November 3, 2021.Chivalry: More than a Shiny Helmet November 3, 2021.War and Women: 1930s England November 3, 2021.James Baldwin’s Interview with Robert Penn Warren November 3, 2021.Cain and Abel – Uncovering the Unconscious November 4, 2021.Writers about Writers: Pat Rothfuss’ Tribute to Sir Terry Pratchett November 4, 2021.The Gilded Age and the Open Door Policy: The United States in 1899 November 4, 2021.Ways to Jumpstart your Writing and Research January 18, 2022.

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