Spanish Trinidad / Francisco Morales Padrón ; edited and translated by Armando García de la Torre.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morales Padrón, Francisco, author.

Contributor:

García De la Torre, Armando, editor.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Trinidad and Tobago--Spanish rule, 1498-1797--History.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Spain--Colonies--America.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica ; Miami : Ian Randle Publishers, [2012]

Language Note:

In English and Spanish.

Summary:

History of Trinidad's 300 under Spanish rule, written from the Spanish perspective. Examines the policies that fuelled Trinidad's economic and demographic transformation from a remote outpost to a prized possession of Spain, ultimately seized by the British.

Contents:

Columbus's ships in the seas of Trinidad

The first attempts to settle Trinidad

Trinidad as a base of operations for El Dorado

Trinidad in the seventeenth century

Trinidad in the eighteenth century (1700-1783)

Chacón : a questionable governor

The Anglo-Spanish rivalry

Trinidad ceases to be Spanish.

Notes:

Translation of: La Trinidad Española, originally published in 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789766376697

9766376697

OCLC:

1129170195