Comparisons
James Cook
Similar to the voyages of Zheng He, Cook spread new and innovative technologies around the world.
Interactions
Encomiendas were similar to tributes in the Aztec society. The Tainos had to mine gold for the Spanish, just like the cultivators had to work to pay their tribute to the military elite
Spanish Rule
Audiencias can be compared to Missi Dominici and Imperial Spies in the way that they all checked the local administrative powers and reported back to the ruler.
Ethnic Divisions
The class systems were nothing like the others because people of different classes were not allowed to have relations with each other, but the Spanish and the natives created new ethnicities due to their relations between different social standings.
Similar to the voyages of Zheng He, Cook spread new and innovative technologies around the world.
Interactions
Encomiendas were similar to tributes in the Aztec society. The Tainos had to mine gold for the Spanish, just like the cultivators had to work to pay their tribute to the military elite
Spanish Rule
Audiencias can be compared to Missi Dominici and Imperial Spies in the way that they all checked the local administrative powers and reported back to the ruler.
Ethnic Divisions
The class systems were nothing like the others because people of different classes were not allowed to have relations with each other, but the Spanish and the natives created new ethnicities due to their relations between different social standings.