First Source Analysis Activity Section 26, 01/14 by Julian Dodson

First Source Analysis

2026-01-14 22:42:27 UTC

Noah Kracht, Sam Martin, Jobe Kirner, Aiden Boyer

He was focused on the resources being kept track of as a portion was going to be sent to the crown and he would also gain from that. This shows he was interested in monetary gain and making the crown happy.
Him allowing as many people as watnitng to go to the new land come, which implies his “manifest destiny” motive.

2. He did not include the resistance of the indigenous people which can imply that he feels righteous in converting the natives.

Austin Rebert, Caden Williams, Ben Phayre, Jeremiah Logan

2026-01-14 22:50:25 UTC

He thought the land had value; he was asking the monarchs of Spain to ask if him and the rest of Spanish colonies if they could go on the search for gold. He thought that he has immediate rule over the native people and that they were easily exploitable. It doesn't give clarity on to how Columbus truly feels about the voyagers and colonies. It starts somewhat talking about the colonies but then transitions into gold more than about his thoughts on the colonists. Additionally, it doesn't tell us how Columbus thinks about the success of the colony as he never discusses how the island truly like.

First Source Analysis

2026-01-14 22:50:26 UTC

Columbus was very dedicated to expansion of the colony and expanding the economy through gold. He also wanted to facilitate how gold was spent. He wanted to use the land as way to exploit the citizens.
Columbus directly appealed to being polite and confident with effective language to the King and Queen. Columbus did not write a lot about the native peoples. He was not showing his true intentions as he styled his address more like a report (reccomendations)

First Source Analysis

2026-01-14 22:50:28 UTC

Forrest Anderson, Nathan McGlade, James Obanion

1) Two things from the letter that tell us about Columbus are A. Columbus doesn'tacknowledgee or respect thier indiginous culture and instead convert/mandate them to catholicism. B. For his views on the land, he doesn't think the Spanish people want to be there and make them build houses on their territory before they get rich off the land.

2) That Columbus is committing atrocities across this land against the people of Spain by having them enslaved and assaulted

Madelyn Webster, Kyra Boag, Kenzie Lowe

2026-01-14 22:50:29 UTC

1.) He seems to view the land/people as just an investment more focused on the gold and benefitting himself, he does not care about the past inhabitants as he talks about how he wants the Indians to convert. Views catholicism above any other religion and wants to take the land rather than explore it with his talks of advancement

2.) He does not share how much gold he actually already possesses or how much he knows is there just about how he wants to tax it. Also he does not mention about how much land the island actually has/how much he has built on it.

Joshua Fauver, harsha malireddy, Juno Ingram, James Roberson, Toni N-G

joshuafauver — 2026-01-14 22:50:29 UTC

Columbus seems to be very profit oriented. He also seems to be military oriented with the way he wants to setup the gold transportation and cities. He wants the gold to be under lock and key to make sure nothing bad happens to it.
The letter did not give the final intention of what Columbus wanted, as in a reward from the king and queen or having a reputational legacy.

Source Analysis

2026-01-14 22:50:29 UTC

Xenia DeLaura (holding computer), Tucelia Day, Sasha Ding, Ava Erickson, Jared Fox

Columbus has a complex of Native people needing to follow Christianity and be civilized. He was also focused on the economic side of the island, like farming and trading rather than the actual beauty of the island. Another interesting thing that he did when he showed up on the island is that he made all the Natives of the island "register" to each town, basically taking control of each aspect.

When Columbus showed up one thing that was possibly left out was being unable to communicate with the people of the island. As most people know, when Columbus showed up it was very violent, and not at all a peaceful transition as presented in the document.

Another detail that was left out is Columbus claims to be of Italian descent; although when he was from Genoa, he is of Spanish Sephardic Jewish descent.

Frist Source

2026-01-14 22:50:31 UTC

Kianna Uno, Dan Kariv, Brodey Shimp

1)Seeing how they can get the gold and send it back to Spain, for the economic benefits.

1)No mention of the "indians" in the New World, only part where he mentions them is when he is talking about converting them.

2)How he does not mention the indians, and that could be because lack of care for the natives.

First source analysis activity section 26

2026-01-14 22:50:37 UTC

Sumalee smith, Maggie gilyard, Tina kladakis, Carol Torres

He finds the gold he found on the island very valuable

He views the natives as below him on a social level

He doesn't talk much about now he's going to interact with the natives

First Source Analysis Activity

emiliaarangofraly — 2026-01-14 22:51:03 UTC

Amandine Berthe, Emilia Arango Fraly, Collin McMaken, Vanessa Carriedo, Lilly Lesniak

-Columbus believed that the resources (like gold) was designated to him, the settlers and the monarch. He was very adamant about colonizing Hispaniola.
- Columbus believed that the people of Hispaniola were spiritually inferior. Therefore, Columbus built churches in order to convert them to Christianity.

The letter doesn't describe the people of the island or the land itself. This shows he does not care for the island or who's on it, but the colonization and rules implemented on it.

First Source

2026-01-14 22:53:37 UTC

1. Columbus wants the gold even though the King and Queen funded most of the expedition. Columbus is also lying about how much gold is actually there.

2. The letter does not address his true values, but he keeps trying to sell the idea of gold to the king and queen.