Al M Rocca
A Historical Geography of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage and his Interactions with Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean
Al M Rocca
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This book offers a unique account of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, the most consequential voyage in world history. It provides a detailed day-by-day account of the explorer's travels and activities, richly illustrated with thematic maps.
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This book offers a unique account of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, the most consequential voyage in world history. It provides a detailed day-by-day account of the explorer's travels and activities, richly illustrated with thematic maps.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 354
- Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 708g
- ISBN-13: 9781032734248
- ISBN-10: 1032734248
- Artikelnr.: 70150250
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 354
- Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2024
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 708g
- ISBN-13: 9781032734248
- ISBN-10: 1032734248
- Artikelnr.: 70150250
Al M. Rocca is a Professor Emeritus at Simpson University and is currently serving as Adjunct Research Professor at California State University, Monterey Bay.
Foreword
Part I: Planning the Transatlantic Voyage and Setting the Physical
Geography of the Caribbean
Chapter 1: The Transatlantic Proposal and Preparation for the Voyage
* The Santa Fe Capitulations
* Palos de la Frontera and the Acquisition of Men and Ships
* The Plan
* Political Goals
* Notes
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Voyage
* The Columbus Map
* Columbus's Methodology for Calculating Global Distances
* Sequence of Conception: Enterprise to the Indies
* The First Voyage Maps of Columbus
* The Art of Navigation in the 15th Century
* Directional Methodology
* Nautical Mileage Methodology
* Notes
Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins
* The Journal of Christopher Columbus
* Sabotage as the Voyage Begins, August 3 to September 5
* The Lady Doña Beatriz Ines Peraza
* Notes
Part II: The Mid-Transatlantic Crossing
Chapter 4: Into the Ocean Sea: Canary Islands and Beyond, September 6-19
* The Voyage West Begins and the Deception of Recorded Mileage
* The Difficulty Measuring Latitude at Sea and Magnetic Variation
* Entering Unknown Waters (Sea of Darkness)
* Notes
Chapter 5: Searching for the Indies: September 20 to October 11
* Looking for an Island, any Island
* A Nervous Crew Puts Pressure on Columbus
* October Arrives but Still No Land
* Notes
Part III: The Columbus Landfall and Search for the Mainland
Chapter 6: The First Encounter: October 12-14
* The Day the World Changed
* The Lucayan Islanders Barter with the Europeans
* Exploring Guanahani
* Did Columbus Kidnap Several Lucayans?
* Notes
Chapter 7: A Sea of Islands: October 15-27
* Rum Cay, A Lucayan "Escapes"
* The Search for Gold Begins
* A Lucayan Village and Cemetery
* Isabella (Crooked Island) and the Search for Samoet
* Where is Cibao (Cuba)?
* Notes
Part IV: Cuba and Hispaniola
Chapter 8: Cibao (Cuba): October 28 to December 5
* Columbus Believes Cibao is Cipangu (Japan)
* Searching for a Taino King (Cacique)
* A Lucayan Initiates Friendly Relations with Cuban Taínos
* Is This Cipangu (Japan) or Cathay (China)?
* The Ambassadors Describe a Large Taíno Village and Tobacco
* The Geography of Linking Religious and Commercial Goals
* Martín Pinzón Abandons Columbus
* Notes
Chapter 9: Hispaniola: December 7-25
* Exploring Bohio
* The Taíno of Hispaniola
* I am No God
* Columbus and a Cacique Break Bread on the Santa Maria
* Shipwreck, the Santa Maria Is Destroyed
* Notes
Chapter 10: A Time for Decisions: December 26 to January 15, 1493
* Columbus and Guacanagarí
* Return to Spain or Continue Exploring?
* The Voyage Home Begins
* Along the Coast of Northeastern Hispaniola
* Notes
Part V: Return Voyage, Accolades, and a Promise of Colonization
Chapter 11: The Voyage Home: January 16 to March 15
* Columbus Knows the Route Home
* A Change of Course for the Azores
* The Ocean Fury Unleashed
* The Azores Sighted and His Men Imprisoned
* A Run for the Mainland
* Portugal Sighted and Contact with King João
* Palos and Home
* Notes
Chapter 12: Spanish Accolades and Future Plans
* Triumphant Return at the Palace of Ferdinand and Isabella
* Plans for Voyage Two
* Notes
Afterword
Appendices
* Appendix I: History and Methodology of Columbus's Landfall
* Appendix II: Anchorage and Beach Landing Site
* Appendix III: Las Casas and Columbus on the Future of the Indigenous
Peoples: A Comparison to the Portuguese Experience in São da la Mina
* Appendix IV: Columbus Vision for Spanish-Indio Relations on La
Española (Hispaniola) in Comparison to the Existing Slave Conditions
on the Canary Islands, circa 1492
* Appendix V: Slavery in the Pre-Columbian Americas
* Appendix VI: Latitude and Longitude Estimates for Daily Sailing
Locations
Bibliography
Part I: Planning the Transatlantic Voyage and Setting the Physical
Geography of the Caribbean
Chapter 1: The Transatlantic Proposal and Preparation for the Voyage
* The Santa Fe Capitulations
* Palos de la Frontera and the Acquisition of Men and Ships
* The Plan
* Political Goals
* Notes
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Voyage
* The Columbus Map
* Columbus's Methodology for Calculating Global Distances
* Sequence of Conception: Enterprise to the Indies
* The First Voyage Maps of Columbus
* The Art of Navigation in the 15th Century
* Directional Methodology
* Nautical Mileage Methodology
* Notes
Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins
* The Journal of Christopher Columbus
* Sabotage as the Voyage Begins, August 3 to September 5
* The Lady Doña Beatriz Ines Peraza
* Notes
Part II: The Mid-Transatlantic Crossing
Chapter 4: Into the Ocean Sea: Canary Islands and Beyond, September 6-19
* The Voyage West Begins and the Deception of Recorded Mileage
* The Difficulty Measuring Latitude at Sea and Magnetic Variation
* Entering Unknown Waters (Sea of Darkness)
* Notes
Chapter 5: Searching for the Indies: September 20 to October 11
* Looking for an Island, any Island
* A Nervous Crew Puts Pressure on Columbus
* October Arrives but Still No Land
* Notes
Part III: The Columbus Landfall and Search for the Mainland
Chapter 6: The First Encounter: October 12-14
* The Day the World Changed
* The Lucayan Islanders Barter with the Europeans
* Exploring Guanahani
* Did Columbus Kidnap Several Lucayans?
* Notes
Chapter 7: A Sea of Islands: October 15-27
* Rum Cay, A Lucayan "Escapes"
* The Search for Gold Begins
* A Lucayan Village and Cemetery
* Isabella (Crooked Island) and the Search for Samoet
* Where is Cibao (Cuba)?
* Notes
Part IV: Cuba and Hispaniola
Chapter 8: Cibao (Cuba): October 28 to December 5
* Columbus Believes Cibao is Cipangu (Japan)
* Searching for a Taino King (Cacique)
* A Lucayan Initiates Friendly Relations with Cuban Taínos
* Is This Cipangu (Japan) or Cathay (China)?
* The Ambassadors Describe a Large Taíno Village and Tobacco
* The Geography of Linking Religious and Commercial Goals
* Martín Pinzón Abandons Columbus
* Notes
Chapter 9: Hispaniola: December 7-25
* Exploring Bohio
* The Taíno of Hispaniola
* I am No God
* Columbus and a Cacique Break Bread on the Santa Maria
* Shipwreck, the Santa Maria Is Destroyed
* Notes
Chapter 10: A Time for Decisions: December 26 to January 15, 1493
* Columbus and Guacanagarí
* Return to Spain or Continue Exploring?
* The Voyage Home Begins
* Along the Coast of Northeastern Hispaniola
* Notes
Part V: Return Voyage, Accolades, and a Promise of Colonization
Chapter 11: The Voyage Home: January 16 to March 15
* Columbus Knows the Route Home
* A Change of Course for the Azores
* The Ocean Fury Unleashed
* The Azores Sighted and His Men Imprisoned
* A Run for the Mainland
* Portugal Sighted and Contact with King João
* Palos and Home
* Notes
Chapter 12: Spanish Accolades and Future Plans
* Triumphant Return at the Palace of Ferdinand and Isabella
* Plans for Voyage Two
* Notes
Afterword
Appendices
* Appendix I: History and Methodology of Columbus's Landfall
* Appendix II: Anchorage and Beach Landing Site
* Appendix III: Las Casas and Columbus on the Future of the Indigenous
Peoples: A Comparison to the Portuguese Experience in São da la Mina
* Appendix IV: Columbus Vision for Spanish-Indio Relations on La
Española (Hispaniola) in Comparison to the Existing Slave Conditions
on the Canary Islands, circa 1492
* Appendix V: Slavery in the Pre-Columbian Americas
* Appendix VI: Latitude and Longitude Estimates for Daily Sailing
Locations
Bibliography
Foreword
Part I: Planning the Transatlantic Voyage and Setting the Physical
Geography of the Caribbean
Chapter 1: The Transatlantic Proposal and Preparation for the Voyage
* The Santa Fe Capitulations
* Palos de la Frontera and the Acquisition of Men and Ships
* The Plan
* Political Goals
* Notes
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Voyage
* The Columbus Map
* Columbus's Methodology for Calculating Global Distances
* Sequence of Conception: Enterprise to the Indies
* The First Voyage Maps of Columbus
* The Art of Navigation in the 15th Century
* Directional Methodology
* Nautical Mileage Methodology
* Notes
Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins
* The Journal of Christopher Columbus
* Sabotage as the Voyage Begins, August 3 to September 5
* The Lady Doña Beatriz Ines Peraza
* Notes
Part II: The Mid-Transatlantic Crossing
Chapter 4: Into the Ocean Sea: Canary Islands and Beyond, September 6-19
* The Voyage West Begins and the Deception of Recorded Mileage
* The Difficulty Measuring Latitude at Sea and Magnetic Variation
* Entering Unknown Waters (Sea of Darkness)
* Notes
Chapter 5: Searching for the Indies: September 20 to October 11
* Looking for an Island, any Island
* A Nervous Crew Puts Pressure on Columbus
* October Arrives but Still No Land
* Notes
Part III: The Columbus Landfall and Search for the Mainland
Chapter 6: The First Encounter: October 12-14
* The Day the World Changed
* The Lucayan Islanders Barter with the Europeans
* Exploring Guanahani
* Did Columbus Kidnap Several Lucayans?
* Notes
Chapter 7: A Sea of Islands: October 15-27
* Rum Cay, A Lucayan "Escapes"
* The Search for Gold Begins
* A Lucayan Village and Cemetery
* Isabella (Crooked Island) and the Search for Samoet
* Where is Cibao (Cuba)?
* Notes
Part IV: Cuba and Hispaniola
Chapter 8: Cibao (Cuba): October 28 to December 5
* Columbus Believes Cibao is Cipangu (Japan)
* Searching for a Taino King (Cacique)
* A Lucayan Initiates Friendly Relations with Cuban Taínos
* Is This Cipangu (Japan) or Cathay (China)?
* The Ambassadors Describe a Large Taíno Village and Tobacco
* The Geography of Linking Religious and Commercial Goals
* Martín Pinzón Abandons Columbus
* Notes
Chapter 9: Hispaniola: December 7-25
* Exploring Bohio
* The Taíno of Hispaniola
* I am No God
* Columbus and a Cacique Break Bread on the Santa Maria
* Shipwreck, the Santa Maria Is Destroyed
* Notes
Chapter 10: A Time for Decisions: December 26 to January 15, 1493
* Columbus and Guacanagarí
* Return to Spain or Continue Exploring?
* The Voyage Home Begins
* Along the Coast of Northeastern Hispaniola
* Notes
Part V: Return Voyage, Accolades, and a Promise of Colonization
Chapter 11: The Voyage Home: January 16 to March 15
* Columbus Knows the Route Home
* A Change of Course for the Azores
* The Ocean Fury Unleashed
* The Azores Sighted and His Men Imprisoned
* A Run for the Mainland
* Portugal Sighted and Contact with King João
* Palos and Home
* Notes
Chapter 12: Spanish Accolades and Future Plans
* Triumphant Return at the Palace of Ferdinand and Isabella
* Plans for Voyage Two
* Notes
Afterword
Appendices
* Appendix I: History and Methodology of Columbus's Landfall
* Appendix II: Anchorage and Beach Landing Site
* Appendix III: Las Casas and Columbus on the Future of the Indigenous
Peoples: A Comparison to the Portuguese Experience in São da la Mina
* Appendix IV: Columbus Vision for Spanish-Indio Relations on La
Española (Hispaniola) in Comparison to the Existing Slave Conditions
on the Canary Islands, circa 1492
* Appendix V: Slavery in the Pre-Columbian Americas
* Appendix VI: Latitude and Longitude Estimates for Daily Sailing
Locations
Bibliography
Part I: Planning the Transatlantic Voyage and Setting the Physical
Geography of the Caribbean
Chapter 1: The Transatlantic Proposal and Preparation for the Voyage
* The Santa Fe Capitulations
* Palos de la Frontera and the Acquisition of Men and Ships
* The Plan
* Political Goals
* Notes
Chapter 2: Preparing for the Voyage
* The Columbus Map
* Columbus's Methodology for Calculating Global Distances
* Sequence of Conception: Enterprise to the Indies
* The First Voyage Maps of Columbus
* The Art of Navigation in the 15th Century
* Directional Methodology
* Nautical Mileage Methodology
* Notes
Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins
* The Journal of Christopher Columbus
* Sabotage as the Voyage Begins, August 3 to September 5
* The Lady Doña Beatriz Ines Peraza
* Notes
Part II: The Mid-Transatlantic Crossing
Chapter 4: Into the Ocean Sea: Canary Islands and Beyond, September 6-19
* The Voyage West Begins and the Deception of Recorded Mileage
* The Difficulty Measuring Latitude at Sea and Magnetic Variation
* Entering Unknown Waters (Sea of Darkness)
* Notes
Chapter 5: Searching for the Indies: September 20 to October 11
* Looking for an Island, any Island
* A Nervous Crew Puts Pressure on Columbus
* October Arrives but Still No Land
* Notes
Part III: The Columbus Landfall and Search for the Mainland
Chapter 6: The First Encounter: October 12-14
* The Day the World Changed
* The Lucayan Islanders Barter with the Europeans
* Exploring Guanahani
* Did Columbus Kidnap Several Lucayans?
* Notes
Chapter 7: A Sea of Islands: October 15-27
* Rum Cay, A Lucayan "Escapes"
* The Search for Gold Begins
* A Lucayan Village and Cemetery
* Isabella (Crooked Island) and the Search for Samoet
* Where is Cibao (Cuba)?
* Notes
Part IV: Cuba and Hispaniola
Chapter 8: Cibao (Cuba): October 28 to December 5
* Columbus Believes Cibao is Cipangu (Japan)
* Searching for a Taino King (Cacique)
* A Lucayan Initiates Friendly Relations with Cuban Taínos
* Is This Cipangu (Japan) or Cathay (China)?
* The Ambassadors Describe a Large Taíno Village and Tobacco
* The Geography of Linking Religious and Commercial Goals
* Martín Pinzón Abandons Columbus
* Notes
Chapter 9: Hispaniola: December 7-25
* Exploring Bohio
* The Taíno of Hispaniola
* I am No God
* Columbus and a Cacique Break Bread on the Santa Maria
* Shipwreck, the Santa Maria Is Destroyed
* Notes
Chapter 10: A Time for Decisions: December 26 to January 15, 1493
* Columbus and Guacanagarí
* Return to Spain or Continue Exploring?
* The Voyage Home Begins
* Along the Coast of Northeastern Hispaniola
* Notes
Part V: Return Voyage, Accolades, and a Promise of Colonization
Chapter 11: The Voyage Home: January 16 to March 15
* Columbus Knows the Route Home
* A Change of Course for the Azores
* The Ocean Fury Unleashed
* The Azores Sighted and His Men Imprisoned
* A Run for the Mainland
* Portugal Sighted and Contact with King João
* Palos and Home
* Notes
Chapter 12: Spanish Accolades and Future Plans
* Triumphant Return at the Palace of Ferdinand and Isabella
* Plans for Voyage Two
* Notes
Afterword
Appendices
* Appendix I: History and Methodology of Columbus's Landfall
* Appendix II: Anchorage and Beach Landing Site
* Appendix III: Las Casas and Columbus on the Future of the Indigenous
Peoples: A Comparison to the Portuguese Experience in São da la Mina
* Appendix IV: Columbus Vision for Spanish-Indio Relations on La
Española (Hispaniola) in Comparison to the Existing Slave Conditions
on the Canary Islands, circa 1492
* Appendix V: Slavery in the Pre-Columbian Americas
* Appendix VI: Latitude and Longitude Estimates for Daily Sailing
Locations
Bibliography