Unit Outcome 3: Describe the impact of

exploration and evaluate its consequences

for native peoples

This assignment will feature excerpts from the diary of

Christopher Columbus, and Queen Elizabeth I's

Proclamation against the Maintenance of Pirates In the

Columbus document, try to determine which of

Columbus's observations might be considered "fact" -

that is, something that might be verified using another

source or sources of information. Explain how you might

go about con ning any of these facts. [Please note that

your answer cannot be "I'd look on the Internet." Think

about other ways of verifying information.]

In the case of Queen Elizabeth's proclamation, decide

what this official document can tell us about the

historical realities of piracy in Elizabeth's time. That is,

what can be learned from just reading the document.