Sixteenth-century voyages expanded physical but not cultural horizons of Europeans

Evidence

The importance of having artists on expeditions of the period was recognized, and Richard Hakluyt the elder in 1585 urged that a skilful artist be taken on all voyages of exploration to North America to describe beasts, fish, etc., as well as towns. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2150 (#complicates, via linked claim)

The new Muslim enemy was now seen as part of Europe rather than as an outsider. The threat it posed to its neighbors was seen not as a religious one; rather, it was the threat represented by a powerful, arguably the most powerful, European state. Indeed, the Turks were by and large considered to be ethnically European. One theory suggested that they were, like the French and the Italians, descendants of the Trojans. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 78 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Age of Exploration expanded rather than ended European monster-making; Sixteenth-century expeditions deliberately carried artists to document what they saw. — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2150; Europeans once considered the Ottomans ethnically European — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 78 (+1 more)

Related

• Sixteenth-century expeditions deliberately carried artists to document what they saw. (similarity 0.84)
• The Age of Exploration expanded rather than ended European monster-making (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• The Age of Exploration expanded rather than ended European monster-making #corroborates (0.75)
• Sixteenth-century expeditions deliberately carried artists to document what they saw. #complicates (0.60) — Mary Frear Keeler, Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian Voyage,…, 2150
• Europeans once considered the Ottomans ethnically European #complicates (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 78