The Early Spanish Main
Published on 2. January 1971
Book
Hardback
978-0-521-08059-0 (ISBN)
Description
What happened from 1942 to 1519, when Columbus and the Spaniards were staking out an American Empire? Carl O. Sauer uses contemporary sources and his authoritative knowledge of land forms, vegetation and ethnography in Latin America to place the history of the early Spanish Main in a fresh context. This account of the voyages of discovery, of the early years of Spanish administration, and how the Spaniards dealt with the crises of their colonial policies, is a definitive work of historical geography as well as an exciting readable book.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Weight
751 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-08059-0 (9780521080590)
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Content
List of illustrations; Abbreviations; 1. introduction; 2. The discovery; 3. Aboriginal condition of the islands; 4. Espanola under Columbus; 5. Change of government license to discover (1499-1502); 6. Veragua, last venture of Columbus (1502-1504); 7. Organization of the Indies (1502-1509); 8. Attempts to occupy Tierra Firme (1504-1509); 9. Expansion from Espanola (1509-1519); 10. Island crisis and its effects (1509-1519); 11. Entry to Darien and the South Sea (1511-1514); 12. Cuevan country and people; 13. Castilla del Oro (1514-1519); 14. Indian langs of farther Castilla del Oro; 15. Establishment on the South Sea; 16. Native decline and ecologic change in Castilla del Oro; 17. The end of the era; Index.