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Anthropoligical view of John Davis - Explorer
Title: Anthropoligical view of John Davis - Explorer
Category: History
Details: Words: 815 | Pages: 3.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Anthropoligical view of John Davis - Explorer
During the 16th Century - there was no such thing as an explorer which simply had one task. Every captain had other motives in mind which could be plunder, colonization, or even to explore and give an anthropological look at what really happened. These explorers are comparable to present day anthropologists because some of them kept excellent records of native people, their habits and even learned bits of their language. An explorer had to know these …showed first 75 words of 815 total…
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Capturing the essence of the natives was a good record for what people believed the inhabitants of the new world to be like as well. The people of Europe had no idea what the new world looked like for the most part and especially not the natives. By keeping accurate records of their civilization, Davis helped in education of future explorers and of the people during that time - a true anthropologist.
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