Walter Raleigh

Author: Various (Ladybird Books)

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July 05, 2021

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Discussed as an example of how children's history books reflect changing perspectives. The 1957 edition's illustration showed Raleigh's perspective as he launches an attack on indigenous people in the Orinoco region, while the 1980 reissue changed the illustration to show Raleigh through the eyes of the people seeing him arrive—a significant shift in whose viewpoint is privileged.