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Author Wilson, Samuel M., author.

Title Hispaniola : Caribbean chiefdoms in the age of Columbus / Samuel M. Wilson
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1990

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 170 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents 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
Summary In 1492 Hispaniola was inhabited by the Taino, an Indian group whose ancestors had moved into the Caribbean archipelago from lowland South America. This book examines the early years of the contact period in the Caribbean and reconstructs the social and political organization of the Taino
Analysis Hispaniola History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-163) and index
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Subject Taino Indians -- First contact with other peoples
Taino Indians -- Kings and rulers
Taino Indians -- History
Chiefdoms -- Hispaniola
Indians of the West Indies -- First contact with other peoples -- Hispaniola
Indians of the West Indies -- Hispaniola -- Kings and rulers
Indians of the West Indies -- Hispaniola -- History
HISTORY -- General.
Chiefdoms
Indians of the West Indies
Indians of the West Indies -- First contact with other peoples
Taino Indians
Taino Indians -- First contact with other peoples
Kulturkontakt
Politisches System
Sozialstruktur
Politieke structuur.
Geschichte (1492-1510)
Hispaniola
Taino.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
ISBN 9780817381004
0817381007