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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787551303321

Autore

Morales Padrón Francisco

Titolo

Spanish Trinidad / / Francisco Morales Padrón ; edited and translated by Armando García de la Torre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kingston, Jamaica ; ; Miami : , : Ian Randle Publishers, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

976-637-669-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

972.983

Soggetti

Trinidad and Tobago Spanish rule, 1498-1797 History

Spain Colonies America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: La Trinidad Española, originally published in 2011.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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) -- Chacón : a questionable governor -- The Anglo-Spanish rivalry -- Trinidad ceases to be Spanish.

Sommario/riassunto

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.