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CIS Secondary Library: Y7 InSo Perspectives Coin

Y7 InSo Perspectives Coin

Goal: Your goal is to explore the causes and consequences of exploration

Perspectives Coin

You are an anthropologist looking to capture the vast causes and consequences of the age of exploration with a focus on one single journey.

Start by reading the primary sources on Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo.

Christopher Columbus

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Primary Source: Christopher Columbus, Letter reporting his first voyage on his return to Spain (1493) + Quiz

Letter of Christopher Columbus on his first voyage to America, 1492

 Marco Polo

.         The Travels of Marco Polo (1298)  

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