... manipulate and dominate the host cultures."" (Hamlin, 420)This again shows the ethnocentric view of the European travelers as being judgmental, especially in the cases of Hernan Cortez and Captain James Cook. There has been much controversy regarding whether, early European explorers, were looked at by the native people as being divine or heroic beings. Yet Western conceits concerning cross-cultural ... . In looking at Christianity many explorers like Hariot believed in also educating the natives about their one true God and felt that it would better their lives. Writers such as William ...

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