TY - BOOK AU - Sauer, Carl Ortwin, ED - James H. Sutton Jr. and Sylvia Leal Carvajal Collection. TI - The early Spanish Main AV - F2161 .S25 U1 - 972.902 Sau PY - 1966/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Indians of the West Indies KW - Discoveries in geography KW - Spanish KW - fast KW - nli KW - Native Americans KW - West Indies KW - sears KW - Spanish Main KW - America KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Spanish America KW - Am erique latine KW - Histoire KW - Jusqu' a 1830 KW - South America KW - Latin America KW - History KW - To 1600 KW - Exploration N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -