Pigafetta's Eater Mutiny

2. Skeptics question the authenticity of Marco Polo’s account, citing his omission of such things as the great wall, tea, and calligraphy. How important is the veracity of the narrative to our overall assessment of its value to history.

This story the “Narrative of the life Frederick Douglass an America slave written by himself” Frederick Douglass related documents, “The historian’s first task is finding the evidence documents, letter memoirs, interviews pictures, movies novels, or poems can provide facts and clues” ( Douglass P-V). This kind of information helps humans to develop skills that anything you want to do, you may need any type of proof to be completed paper work or either way any issue.

The not singular but twice repeated mutiny shows the bad captainship of Magellan. In agreement, Document B describes that, “Many of the men—resentful of this cut and fearing that Magellan might lead them to their death—began to demand that the fleet return to Spain. Magellan refused, and the growing discontent eventually led to the mutiny...” (Document B) The act of mutiny shows extreme discontent with a captain, and is reasonable in this case. If the captain is this troublesome, it is not essential that he is saved. Accordingly, Document C submits to the notion that, “The trip through the strait took 38 days, during which time one of the ships, the San Antonio, deserted the fleet and returned to Spain.” (Document C) This excerpt show further discontent with the captain. If the captain’s value is questioned more than once, a decision to label his unworthiness is clear. Furthermore, Document A

Ferdinand Magellan, on April 27,1521, was he worth defending? Magellan was not worth defending on the Philippine Bay. Ever Since Magellan sailed out into the open sea, his crew was never with him, mutinies, deaths, cruelty all these were examples what happened on the sail with Magellan. What really led to his deathbed on April 27, was the Concern of his crew, Cruelty, and poor Navigational skills through the journey.

This researcher has reached this conclusion after examining many secondary sources including…(list sources)… Important information was provided by primary sources from Columbus’ journal and letters written to (wherever). Valuable information was also gained from in class lectures and discussions.

Trusting history can be a tall order, as the surety of accurate records is often questioned and the reliability of history records is brought under scrutiny. In his article, Waltke seeks to address these issues by arguing that history, particularly in regards to the ancient Near East, can be trusted not because of oral tradition, but because early civilizations accurately recorded historical events via manuscript.

Jack Weatherford, professor of anthropology at Macalester College, describes the misconceptions of Christopher Columbus and who he was as a person in his essay, “Examining the Reputation of Christopher Columbus”. Through his writing, Weatherford is able to show readers that Columbus was not the hero he is made out to be. Weatherford uses tools such as negative diction, juxtaposition, and facts in the form of evidence to support his claim.

Once Pi has finished telling both of his stories, he asks which one the men prefer to believe, since neither of them make a difference (317). They both reply that the story with the animals makes for a much more interesting story (317) and then reference that story in their official report (319). Each person decides what they believe and that decides what becomes truth to them. To every individual what is true can be completely different based on their thoughts and

In my opinion, Bacon did commit treason. Despite the fact that his motives were meant to be good and to defend lives, he disregarded orders handed by the governor not to attack or pursue the Indians. Today, we would call this breaking the law. In Virginia, 1676 through 1677, Bacon Rebellion took place. Indians were coming into Virginia and taking over land by conquering and killing villages in cold blood. Sir William Berkeley was the governor of the colony at this time. William Berkeley, “showed a reluctance to retaliate, favoring instead a policy of keeping a strict boundary between Indian and colonial land…” The colonist there were not happy and wanted to do something about them being on there land and attacking their people. Bacon was a smart, young, and well-educated person.

Document B is about letter from Columbus to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.It was written in March 15,1493. It is about Columbus he sent sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. This source was created in March 15,1493. During the time this source was created In beautiful mountains, great farms, groves and fields. This source reflects the time period because of Christopher Columbus is that on August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. Document C is about Account by Bartolome de las casas to the Spanish Monarchy. It was written in 1542. It is about Columbus was a killer and a lier. This source was created in 1542. During the time this source was created Killing, terrorizing and destroying the

Document B is a letter from Christopher Columbus to the king and queen of england, who helped fund his voyage to tell them about his findings in the Americas. This letter was written in 1493, it is about Columbus’ voyage to the Americas and what he discovered there. This source was created on August 3, 1493. During the time this source was created Columbus had just landed back at spain after his first voyage. This source reflects the time period because it shows that in that time period they had a very limited amount of communication so all the king and queen knew about Columbus was what he wrote in his letters, so he could tell them anything in his letter and the would take his word for it. Document C is an account from the Spanish Dominican

On its surface, Martel’s Life of Pi proceeds as a far-fetched yet not completely unbelievable tale about a young Indian boy named Pi who survives after two hundred twenty-seven days on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. It is an uplifting and entertaining story, with a few themes about companionship and survival sprinkled throughout. The ending, however, reveals a second story – a more realistic and dark account replacing the animals from the beginning with crude human counterparts. Suddenly, Life of Pi becomes more than an inspiring tale and transforms into a point to be made about rationality, faith, and how storytelling correlates the two. The point of the book is not for the reader to decide which

Problems will occur with all historical documents. When it comes to the Vinland Sagas, one problem that

“I have not told half of what I saw” were the final words of the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo; however, in recent times, Marco Polo’s exploits have been doubted more and more. (Pedriali, 161) Most often cited as evidence that Marco Polo’s travels may not have been as truthful as reported is the 1998 book Did Marco Polo go to china? by Dr. Frances Wood. Through new research done by Dr. Hans Ulrich Vogel of University of Tübingen in Germany, it has been shown that Marco Polo was mostly truthful in his memoirs, but it has also proven that some things were exaggerated thanks to his ghostwriter Rustichello da Pisa, Marco Polo himself, or later copyists.

When reading a short story many people take the details given to be the unconditional truth. This is probably why so many of these people are confused or repulsed by a story like “The Black Cat.” Throughout the story, the narrator makes numerous contradictions. These contradictions, combined with his actions make me doubt the legitimacy and truth of what he says.