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Hans Koning's Columbus
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Hans Koning has discarded society’s traditional view of Christopher Coloumbus as a hero. In the introduction Columbus: His Enterprise Exploding the Myth; Koning dismisses the conventional image of Columbus as false. He proposes to explain his rejection by detailing the circumstances which allowed Columbus to convince the King and Queen of Spain to support his idea as well as Columbus’ voyages and his treatment of the aboriginals he encountered. This report will cover the mechanics, the bibliography and the themes of Hans Koning’s composition, as well as investigating whether Koning was effective in his bid to dethrone Columbus as a champion. The mechanics of a novel are very important because they help leave an overall impression with the reader. Koning has divided his book into ten chapters. The chapters follow the chronological order of Columbus’ life and voyages. The end of the text contains a bibliography which is followed by an added section by Bill Bigelow. This segment is titled Columbus in the Classroom. Bigelow attempts to add to Koning’s point of disgust with society’s uniform view of Columbus by illustrating the misconceptions of history in school textbooks. Koning’s text is directed at the high school level, most likely in hopes to replace the traditional textbooks. The vocabulary used is not complex and the ideas presented are easy to follow. Although mechanics play an important role in the overall impression of a book, the bibliography is even more significant. The bibliography is a key element in the presentation of an author’s thesis. It is the bibliography where the reader can go to question sources the author has used in preparing his argument. Koning presents his bibliography in paragraphz form instead of simply providing a list of sources. Koning not only uses a variety of secondary sources but he also used primary sources. For example he uses De Las Casas’ ( the friar on the voyage ) Account of the First Voyage and Destruccion de las Indies. His use of primary sources diminishes the possibility of a bias in the text. Hans Koning’s use of a variety of sources ranging from other texts, to texts primarily based on primary sources to a couple of actual primary sources, shows a wide range of material used.
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