Myths and realities of Caribbean history
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| Formato: | Recurso Electrónico livro electrónico |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
c2009.
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| Colecção: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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| Acesso em linha: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Sumário:
- Myth 1. Caribbean history started with the arrival of Christoper Columbus in 1492
- Myth 2. The Arawaks and Caribs were the two major groups in the precolonial Caribbean
- Myth 3. Columbus met Arawaks in the northern Caribbean
- Myth 4. The natives encountered by Christopher Columbus in the northern Caribbean migrated from South America
- Myth 5. The Arawaks were the first potters and farmers to have settled in the Caribbean
- Myth 6. The Ciboneys lived in western Cuba at the time of Spanish contact
- Myth 7. The Island-Caribs were cannnibals
- Myth 8. All the Amerindians migrating from South America to the Caribbean island-hopped from the continent to the Lesser and Greater Antilles
- Myth 9. The Spanish introduced syphilis into the Caribbean and the new world
- Myth 10. Christopher Columbus wrote the version of his "Diario" (diary) that we use today
- Myth 11. The Spanish colonists brought "civilization" to native societies in the Caribbean.