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Christopher Columbus first voyage was a discovery of different plant and animal species as he made multiple references about the beauty of San Salvador and its inhabitants. I assume that the various species of plants that are on the land could be put to good use as he saved large quantities of aloe and other items for the person he refers to as “your highness”- who is that? While reading the passage, I noticed how he instantly insults the integrity of the island people as he describes them as inoffensive and unintelligent due to their different customs. He takes their kindness and uses it against them by offering them what he calls “trifling items” for valuables such as baskets of cotton. Since the native people believed that
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