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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Page 81
... treaty with the Caribs in 1660 by which the latter were left in possession . The Dutch , traders first , last and always , occupied St. Eustatius and Saba . By The Treaty of Breda , in 1667 , they ceded New Amsterdam ( New York ) to ...
... treaty with the Caribs in 1660 by which the latter were left in possession . The Dutch , traders first , last and always , occupied St. Eustatius and Saba . By The Treaty of Breda , in 1667 , they ceded New Amsterdam ( New York ) to ...
Page 199
... treaty of peace . Adoe , thereupon , renewed the war . Six hundred soldiers were sent to Surinam from Holland . Negotiations were eventually resumed , and a peace treaty ultimately signed in 1761 . The spirit of the Bush Negroes is ...
... treaty of peace . Adoe , thereupon , renewed the war . Six hundred soldiers were sent to Surinam from Holland . Negotiations were eventually resumed , and a peace treaty ultimately signed in 1761 . The spirit of the Bush Negroes is ...
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... Treaty of Paris on the United States , now to be assumed and undertaken by the Government of Cuba . ' IV . That all acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated , and all lawful ...
... Treaty of Paris on the United States , now to be assumed and undertaken by the Government of Cuba . ' IV . That all acts of the United States in Cuba during its military occupancy thereof are ratified and validated , and all lawful ...
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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