![]() ![]() They construed the first as a natural bridge and the second not unlike the mountains of home. Yet much was made of his visitors not being suitably impressed by the likes of London Bridge and St. Cartwright, whose sealing and fishing business depended on good relations with Indigenous people, believed that the Inuit “would greatly and rapidly improve by proper management and cultivation.” And that meant seeing London. Unlike some, the Inuit of the 1772 visit evidently came willingly. They were often taken by force and put on display, as if they were exotic animals or “missing links.” The first Inuit in London actually predated Atajuq and company by more than two centuries. Thousands of Indigenous peoples from around the world were brought to Europe during the long colonial centuries. ![]() Underlying such specimen collection was also the idea that Native people should be taught, cultivated, and modernized by contact with imperial capitals like London. ![]()
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