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Emmer, Pieter C., ed. General History of the Caribbean. London: UNESCO Publishing 1999. Floyd, Troy S. The Columbus Dynasty in the Caribbean, 1492-1526. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1973. Healy, David. Drive to hegemony: the United States in the Caribbean, 1898-1917 (1988). Higman, Barry W. A concise history of the Caribbean ...
In the 20th century the Caribbean was again important during World War II, in the decolonization wave in the post-war period, and in the tension between Communist Cuba and the United States (U.S.). Genocide, slavery, immigration and rivalry between world powers have given Caribbean history an impact disproportionate to the size of this small ...
The General History of the Caribbean is published in six volumes and seeks to provide an historical account of the area from the perspective of those who live there, highlighting the richness and diversity of these cultures. It seeks to integrate the historical experience of its peoples and societies from the earliest times to the present to ...
Piracy flourished in the Caribbean because of the existence of pirate seaports such as Port Royal in Jamaica, [1] Tortuga in Haiti, and Nassau in the Bahamas. [2] Piracy in the Caribbean was part of a larger historical phenomenon of piracy, as it existed close to major trade and exploration routes in almost all the five oceans. [3] [4] [5]
The Caribbean Island of Jamaica was initially inhabited in approximately 600 AD or 650 AD by the Redware people, often associated with redware pottery. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] By roughly 800 AD, a second wave of inhabitants occurred by the Arawak tribes , including the Tainos , prior to the arrival of Columbus in 1494. [ 1 ]
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1503: Las Tortugas noted by Columbus in passage through the Western Caribbean present-day Cayman Islands; 1508: Ponce de León founds Caparra on San Juan Bautista (now Puerto Rico) 1511: Conquest of Cuba begins; 1513: Ponce de León in Florida; 1513: Núñez de Balboa claims the Pacific Ocean and its shores for Spain; 1515: Conquest of Cuba ...