Document Interpretation 1: The Other

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Write a 250-500 word initial post and present your interpretation of the document and the material to which you have been introduced. You can do this by following the guiding questions in the Document Tutorial Page. Avoid a summary. You must also comment on how this person’s story relates to the concept of “Other” that you’ve studied about in the previous pages. From the Journal of Christopher Columbus (Links to an external site.)    read only the first paragraph; Friday, 3 August 1492; Wednesday 10 October; Thursday 11 October  Where did Columbus land? Where did his subsequent voyages take him? How did Columbus describe the native peoples he encountered? What plans did he have for them? How ling did the voyage to the New World take? What factors would inspire people to undergo such a journey? The reason why you are uploading your assignment here is so that you can get a sense of how close your article summary is to the original article. Your paper MUST have a match below 25% to earn credit on this assignment. Quotes, even properly done, count toward that 25%.