About this book
Tells the story of the Taino people from their ancestral days in South America through their migration to the northern Caribbean islands where they were the first natives to interact with Columbus, to their rapid and immediate decline under the European gifts of forced labor, malnutrition, disease, and dispersal. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Subjects
AntiquitiesTaino IndiansIndians of the West IndiesDiscovery and explorationSpanishColumbus, christopher, 1451-1506West indies, antiquitiesAmerica, discovery and exploration