America fascinated Europeans, as it was something undeniably new to them

Images painted, etched, carved by Europeans from 16th -18th Century can tell us a lot about how they viewed America and Native Americans

Keep in mind common symbols: animals, clothing, gender

“America”

1676 Symbol for Massachusetts Bay Colony

Pocahantas

“America”

More’s Utopia “close to the islands discovered by Vespucci”

Puritan “Citty upon a hill”

Later, American Independence