Hispaniola : Caribbean chiefdoms in the age of Columbus / / Samuel M. Wilson

• Autore: Wilson Samuel Meredith <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c1990
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 972.93/01; 972.9301; 972.9302
• Soggetto topico: Taino Indians - First contact with Europeans; Taino Indians - Kings and rulers; Taino Indians - History; Indians of the West Indies - First contact with Europeans - Hispaniola; Indians of the West Indies - Hispaniola - Kings and rulers; Indians of the West Indies - Hispaniola - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-163) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The First Spanish Voyage to the New World; 3. The Vega Real; 4. The Adelantado's Visit to Xaragua; 5. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1492 the island of Hispaniola was inhabited by the Ta&iactue;no, an Indian group whose ancestors had moved into the Caribbean archipelago from lowland South America more than 1,500 years before. They were organized politically into large cacicazgos, or chiefdoms, comprising 70 or more villages under the authority of a paramount cacique, or chief. From the first voyage on, Columbus made Hispaniola his primary base for operations in the New World. Over the subsequent decades, disease, warfare, famine, and enslavement brought about the destruction of the Ta&iactue;no c
• Titolo autorizzato: Hispaniola
• ISBN: 0-8173-8100-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823007603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II