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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... became the core of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean . The Caribbean colonies became a royal monopoly and the Caribbean Sea became mare clausum , the closed sea , closed to all but Spanish trade , Spanish govern- ment ...
... became the core of the Spanish colonial system in the Caribbean . The Caribbean colonies became a royal monopoly and the Caribbean Sea became mare clausum , the closed sea , closed to all but Spanish trade , Spanish govern- ment ...
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... became subordinate to those of the Hapsburg empire , sailings to the New World were authorised from a number of other ports , Corunna , Bayona , Aviles , Laredo , Bilbao , San Sebastian , Cartagena and Malaga , on condition that the ...
... became subordinate to those of the Hapsburg empire , sailings to the New World were authorised from a number of other ports , Corunna , Bayona , Aviles , Laredo , Bilbao , San Sebastian , Cartagena and Malaga , on condition that the ...
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... became closer from 1580 to 1640 when Portugal was under Spanish rule . Germans received special concessions also as Spain became merged in the vast Hapsburg empire , whose ruler became depen- dent on German financiers . The sixteenth ...
... became closer from 1580 to 1640 when Portugal was under Spanish rule . Germans received special concessions also as Spain became merged in the vast Hapsburg empire , whose ruler became depen- dent on German financiers . The sixteenth ...
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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