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colonization

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The colonizers pov to the people that they will hopefully fund another voyage

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written by Columbus in 1493

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Columbus is saying the land is worth giving him more money so he can keep going there

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Columbus states that it is the best voyage he has ever taken and describing the land as perfect, good areas for planting crops, building houses, and it being easy to navigate and get around

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So, Columbus believes that funding is necessary to continue bringing these rich resources.

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Columbus thinks it's India, as that was what he was tasked to do. was to get to India

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It made the lands seem ripe for the taking and the natives seem like no threat to taking the land. It pushed many many many people to come to these lands inspite of the people already living here.

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The expedition of Lewis and Clark and how they recorded what they discovered in a journal, like the letters that Columbus writes.

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Columbus was a bad person.

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People would have come to the Americas even if Columbus hadn't written that letter. Colonizers would have found their way to these lands and interacted with the natives just as he did, but it may have slowed the process, and he likely wouldn't have been able to get funding.

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This is comparable to the Encomienda system because the cultures behind slavery were very similar. Both were economic frameworks where a powerful higher class used fear and racial hierarchy to exploit and control a people/labor force. In both cases, the control was justified through the idea of law (and divine providence) to gain more wealth and keep the social order in check through suppression.