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“This land [of South America] is very pleasing, full of an infinite number of very tall trees which never lose their leaves and throughout the year are fragrant with the sweetest aromas and yield an endless supply of fruits, many of which are good to taste and conducive to bodily health. The fields produce many herbs and flowers and most delicious and wholesome roots that I fancied myself near the Terrestrial Paradise. What shall we say of the multitude of birds and their plumes and colours and singing and their numbers and their beauty? I am unwilling to enlarge upon this description, because I doubt if I would be believed. . . . We saw so many . . . animals that I believe so many species could not have entered Noah’s ark. We saw many wild hogs, wild goats, stags and does, hares, and rabbits, but of domestic animals, not one.”
—Amerigo Vespucci,as quoted in Eyewitness to History

Vespucci hesitates to describe the birds in detail because
a.
no one would believe him.
c.
they are familiar to his readers.
b.
he couldn’t see them.
d.
they are dangerous.

Answer 1

a.no one would believe him

because his audience had never seen so many birds of different colorful variations

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. No one would believe him.

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpt presented from Amerigo Vespucci who was an Italian explorer mainly known for his explorations in the New World describes some of the elements Vespucci found in South America including trees, herbs, flowers and multiple animals such as hogs, goats, rabbits, and birds. In the case of birds Vespucci first states "What shall we say of the multitude of birds and their plumes and colours and singing and their numbers and their beauty?" to introduce there were multiple beautiful birds of different colors and features and then adds "I am unwilling to enlarge upon this description, because I doubt if I would be believed", this shows in South America Vespucci found so many beautiful and unique birds that he does not believe people would believe this and because of this he does not describe birds but continue describing other elements. Therefore, Vespucci hesitates to describe the birds in details because no one would believe him.