TY - BOOK AU - Morales Padr on, Francisco. AU - Garc ia De la Torre, Armando. TI - Spanish Trinidad SN - 9789766376161 AV - F2120 .M67313 2012 U1 - 972.983/02 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Kingston, Miami PB - Ian Randle Publishers KW - Spanish colonies KW - fast KW - Trinidad and Tobago KW - History KW - Spanish rule, 1498-1797 KW - Spain KW - Colonies KW - America N1 - Translation of: La Trinidad Espa nola, originally published in 2011; Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index; 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) -- Chac on : a questionable governor -- The Anglo-Spanish rivalry -- Trinidad ceases to be Spanish N2 - 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 ER -