Hispaniola

A Game of Risk On March 13, 1456, when Pope Callitxus the Third issued the papal bull of Inter Caetera to Portugal. This issue reinstated the two earlier bulls of Dum Diversas and Romanus Pontifex which recognized Portugal's rights to territories it had discovered along the West African coast as well as the enslavement of infidels and non-Christians captured there. So what does this really mean to the explorers who will forever be altering the course of history for the Indigenous peoples?…

Christopher columbus was an italian explorer who completed four voyages across the atlantic ocean in search for a water route west from europe to asia. Even though columbus never reached north america he did end up in hispaniola. Technological advances have greatly changed our world since the voyages of columbus. If columbus had just some of the technology we have today in 2016, he might have actually found america. Even though columbus did not have technology like sailors have today however,…

León was one of the most important conquistadors during his time. People knew Ponce de Leon best for going to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth. However, before he did many other things such as successfully governing the Eastern part of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico and setting up settlements there. During Ponce de León’s time a basic meal for peasants, a majority of the people, consisted of soup or mush and usually some bread. The peasants generally put leftover food scraps, such as…

played a large impact on southern identity. It is here that we examine the first major slave revolt to truly impact the south: the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution, while not in the United States, was waged from 1791-1804 on the island of Hispaniola and is one of the only successful mass slave revolts in history. The mere success of the revolt makes its focus on southern history…

The Last Voyage of Columbus, by Martin Dugard is a historical nonfiction book that discussed Christopher colobuses’ journey as an explorer. From his time in Hispaniola, to his forth and final voyage throughout the Caribbean which ended only 2 years prior to his death this book covers many important moments. I have never been someone who excels at history, because of this one reason I chose this book is because prior to reading this book I had a decent amount of knowledge about Christopher…

The Chains of Slavery It is essential that Jamaican and Brazilian slavery is deeply understood from the point of the country’s colonization to the slave laws enforced having an impact on slaves’ attitudes for rebelling. The Arawak’s Overthrow In the mists of the Caribbean islands lies Jamaica, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1494. He encountered initial resistance from the Arawak natives, also known as Tainos. This tribe viewed the Spaniards as gods, when in reality they exploited their…

centuries. The Age of Discovery brought upon disapproval of those who were foreign to Europe and in the end that is what wiped them off the face of the planet as a whole. Although the interactions were mostly negative not all ended in such was as Hispaniola did. The Aztecs welcomed the Spaniards and saw them as a gift and not a threat, however, the interactions as a whole were still negative. The Spaniards moved themselves into the native villages of Mexico, and began their campaign of greed.…

As far as my memory stretch, I have always shown interest and curiosity towards my ancestry. Every human has, at some point, asked this very almost clichéd but fundamental question: Who am I? Because it is commonly believe that the answer to this question lies within one’s past. And in order to fully comprehend one’s present, prepare for the future and prevent history from repeating itself, this question must be answered. Personally, the response to this question is a blur. In fact, it is the…

The Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, traveled four major voyages in his lifetime, proving it possible to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Believing he was sailing to India, Columbus actually ended up establishing the first European settlement in the Western Hemisphere on the Island of San Salvador. Modern sailing technology could have benefited Columbus in planning and carrying out his voyages in many ways. However, three modern sailing advances that would have benefited him the most would be…

as the exchange of horses and sugar. But the Europeans brought in other less attractive maladies to the Americas that dramatically impacted their culture: smallpox, measles, the black plague, malaria, typhus, and scarlet fever. The population of Hispaniola dwindled down from one million to two hundred in only fifty years. In the centuries to follow the arrival of the Europeans, about ninety percent of the population was killed by disease. The Natives did give the Europeans syphilis, but it was…