From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean 1492-1969The first of its kind, From Columbus to Castro is a definitive work about a profoundly important but neglected and misrepresented area of the world. Quite simply it's about millions of people scattered across an arc of islands -- Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Antigua, Martinique, Trinidad, among others -- separated by the languages and cultures of their colonizers, but joined together, nevertheless, by a common heritage. |
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... English ships manned by crews three - quarters of whom were English , and with an English captain . The chief colonial products— enumerated commodities , as they were called - could be carried from the colonies only in such ships and ...
... English ships manned by crews three - quarters of whom were English , and with an English captain . The chief colonial products— enumerated commodities , as they were called - could be carried from the colonies only in such ships and ...
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... English Voyages to the Caribbean , 1527-1568 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXII , 1928 Documents concerning English voyages to the Spanish Main , 1569–1580 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXXI , 1932 Further English Voyages to Spanish America , 2nd Series ...
... English Voyages to the Caribbean , 1527-1568 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXII , 1928 Documents concerning English voyages to the Spanish Main , 1569–1580 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXXI , 1932 Further English Voyages to Spanish America , 2nd Series ...
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... English Voyages to the Caribbean , 1527-1568 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXII , 1928 Documents concerning English voyages to the Spanish Main , 1569–1580 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXXI , 1932 Further English Voyages to Spanish America , 2nd Series ...
... English Voyages to the Caribbean , 1527-1568 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXII , 1928 Documents concerning English voyages to the Spanish Main , 1569–1580 , 2nd Series , Vol . LXXI , 1932 Further English Voyages to Spanish America , 2nd Series ...
Contents
Introduction | 10 |
Westward Ho | 13 |
Christopher Columbus and the Discovery of the West Indies | 18 |
Copyright | |
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From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969 Eric Williams No preview available - 1983 |
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