What assumptions about the relationship between Europe and the newly discovered countries can be traced in
What assumptions about the relationship between Europe and the newly discovered countries can be traced in the two 16th -century texts by Raleigh and Hariot? ... Hariot was born in Oxford about 1560, he received his B. ... The sensibilities of the two authors also play a role in their approach to the experiences and their idea of the possible relationship between the new world and Europe. Hariot is a scientist and his account is more of an anthropological one, he takes the time to learn about the natives, he observes when they, in wonder, watch him and his crew make use of instruments very alien to them, he takes the time to befriend some of the natives and thereby learn about their religion. ... The assumptions, in the two texts, about the relationship between Europe and the new countries have similarities and differences, Hariot tries to get the inside track on the natives, so to speak, by observing them, his observations leads him to the conclusion that they are easily civilized “And by how much they upon due consideration shall find our manner of knowledges and crafts to exceed theirs in perfection, and speed for doing or execution, by so much the more is it probable that they should desire our friendship and love, and have the greater respect for pleasing and obeying us.