Race and the

Age of Exploration

Both are French.

Both are Egyptian.

Both are French. Both are Egyptian.

Differences can exist within a population as much as between populations.

Same “race”? Same “race”?

GERMANY

GERMANY

CZECH REP

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY SERBIA

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY SERBIA ALBANIA

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY SERBIA ALBANIA GREECE

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY SERBIA ALBANIA GREECE

When there are differences, they are gradual.

GERMANY

CZECH REP HUNGARY SERBIA ALBANIA GREECE

When there are differences, they are gradual.

SPAIN

SPAIN FRANCE

SPAIN FRANCE ITALY

SPAIN FRANCE ITALY TURKEY

SPAIN FRANCE ITALY TURKEY LEBANON

SPAIN FRANCE ITALY TURKEY LEBANON EGYPT

FRANCE ITALY TURKEY LEBANON EGYPTSPAIN

In a given region, differences can be slight or nonexistent.

FRANCE ITALY TURKEY LEBANON EGYPTSPAIN

In a given region, differences can be slight or nonexistent.

Then, differences in physical characteristics were extreme rather than gradual.

RACE and the Age of Exploration • However, intermarriage between natives and

Europeans early in colonialism (15th-17th C) suggests that a race concept was not fully formed.