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GCSE History · key term
Indigenous Caribbean peoples whom Columbus contrasted with the Taínos and portrayed as fierce and hostile.
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Paper 2
Revise: Columbus Reaches the AmericasHis portrayal of the Caribs was sharply different. He described them as ‘ferocious’ and accused them of cannibalism and raids to capture people, including women. These were Columbus’s claims, not neutral descriptions.
Distinguish Columbus’s descriptions of Indigenous peoples from established facts: his claims about the Caribs reveal his attitudes, not an impartial account of their society.
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