Problem
I. Christopher columbus carefully recounts his observations of the New World, describing a people and place that fellow Europeans would be unfamiliar with. What positive observations and comments does he include about the islanders? What negative one?
II. What assumption does Columbus make about the similarity of belief and governance of the European world he knows and the Indies he has just encountered? For example, what let him to conclude that the native population was "asking us if we had come from the heavens" (par.3)?
III. In what ways is the attitude and practice of hospitality toward others similar for Columbus and his men as well as for the islanders?