unites states history

The two documents you examined painted two different views of Christopher Columbus & his explorations of the Caribbean. 
Answer your esay, following the rubric, by responding to the prompt below:

Compare and contrast the primary source with the secondary source. 

• Use examples from both sources to explain similarities and differences in the author's claims about the: 
• interactions between Natives and European explorers 
• the impact European explorers had on Native populations 

Why would a historian want to use both sources in order to understand the impact of Columbus?