Hispaniola : Caribbean chiefdoms in the age of Columbus / Samuel M. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Samuel Meredith, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taino Indians--First contact with other peoples.

Taino Indians.

Taino Indians--Kings and rulers.

Taino Indians--History.

Indians of the West Indies--First contact with Europeans--Hispaniola.

Indians of the West Indies.

Indians of the West Indies--Hispaniola--Kings and rulers.

Indians of the West Indies--Hispaniola--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1990.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1492 the island of Hispaniola was inhabited by the Ta&iactue;no, an Indian group whose ancestors had moved into the Caribbean archipelago from lowland South America more than 1,500 years before. They were organized politically into large cacicazgos, or chiefdoms, comprising 70 or more villages under the authority of a paramount cacique, or chief. From the first voyage on, Columbus made Hispaniola his primary base for operations in the New World. Over the subsequent decades, disease, warfare, famine, and enslavement brought about the destruction of the Ta&iactue;no c

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The First Spanish Voyage to the New World; 3. The Vega Real; 4. The Adelantado's Visit to Xaragua; 5. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-163) and index.

ISBN:

9780817381004

0817381007

OCLC:

647887752

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03842 hdl