The articles being discussed, are about the comparisons between two authors. The first author is Thayne R. Ford, and his article is called Stranger in a Foreign Land: Jose de Acosta's Scientific Realizations in Sixteenth-Century Peru, which is about a Jesuit, named Father Jose de Acosta, (1540-1600) who during his life time published many scientific analysis, and descriptions of the new world. The second article is from Karl W. Butzer, who was a German American geographer, and archeologist. Butzer’s work “Columbus to Acosta: Science, Geography, and the New World,” discuss the sailors, missionaries, soldiers, and government officials made sense of the new world during the times Columbus and Acosta.
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In contrast, the article by Butzer, seems to be a much broader article discussing many points of view from many different people, and tends to be more broken down. There are also many accounts and thoughts being presented about the new land.
The major points for Ford’s article about Acosta come from the observations and interpretations that were trying to be explained and understood in the New World. For Acosta, as well as some of his fellow Jesuit members, the New World was baffling to them and they seemed to have a hard time explaining it. Firstly, “The New World, challenged and contradicted Jesuit cosmology of the Renaissance, and second, as an example of how New World phenomena added to the body of general scientific understanding. “ (5) Ford’s article takes Acosta’s story, and seems to show the story of the New World in his point of view. Ford list Acosta’s accounts the records the observations of the Spanish conquest, the methods of exploration, biotic, and geographic data. With examples of his first hand experiencing, such as studying physiological needs of certain animals P12 the of article is written like a biography and a
Ford’s article discusses the life, adventures, and ideas of …show more content…
In contrast, the article by Butzer, seems to be a much broader article discussing many points of view from many different people, and tends to be more broken down. There are also many accounts and thoughts being presented about the new land.
The major points for Ford’s article about Acosta come from the observations and interpretations that were trying to be explained and understood in the New World. For Acosta, as well as some of his fellow Jesuit members, the New World was baffling to them and they seemed to have a hard time explaining it. Firstly, “The New World, challenged and contradicted Jesuit cosmology of the Renaissance, and second, as an example of how New World phenomena added to the body of general scientific understanding. “ (5) Ford’s article takes Acosta’s story, and seems to show the story of the New World in his point of view. Ford list Acosta’s accounts the records the observations of the Spanish conquest, the methods of exploration, biotic, and geographic data. With examples of his first hand experiencing, such as studying physiological needs of certain animals P12 the of article is written like a biography and a