The early Spanish Main / Carl Ortwin Sauer.

By: Contributor(s): Berkeley : University of California Press, 1966Description: xii, 306 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Early Spanish Main.DDC classification:
  • 972.902 Sau
LOC classification:
  • F2161 .S25
NLM classification:
  • F2161
Other classification:
  • 7,34
Contents:
Introduction -- The discovery -- Aboriginal condition of the islands -- Espa nola under Columbus -- Change of government license to discover (1499-1502) -- Veragua, last venture of Columbus (1502-1504) -- Organization of the Indies (1502-1509) -- Attempts to occupy Tierra Firme (1504-1509) -- Expansion from Espa nola (1509-1519) -- Island crisis and its effects (1509-1519) -- Entry to Dari en and the South Sea (1511-1514) -- Cuevan country and people -- Castilla del Oro (1514-1519) -- Indian lands of father Castilla del Oro -- Establishment on the South Sea -- Native decline and ecologic change in Castilla del Oro -- The end of the era.
Summary: Describes the stages of Spain's brutal conquest and administration of the New World, from 1492 to 1519, emphasizing its dislocation of advanced native cultures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The discovery -- Aboriginal condition of the islands -- Espa nola under Columbus -- Change of government license to discover (1499-1502) -- Veragua, last venture of Columbus (1502-1504) -- Organization of the Indies (1502-1509) -- Attempts to occupy Tierra Firme (1504-1509) -- Expansion from Espa nola (1509-1519) -- Island crisis and its effects (1509-1519) -- Entry to Dari en and the South Sea (1511-1514) -- Cuevan country and people -- Castilla del Oro (1514-1519) -- Indian lands of father Castilla del Oro -- Establishment on the South Sea -- Native decline and ecologic change in Castilla del Oro -- The end of the era.

Describes the stages of Spain's brutal conquest and administration of the New World, from 1492 to 1519, emphasizing its dislocation of advanced native cultures.

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