TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,Basil A.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Myths and realities of Caribbean history
T2  - Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory
AV  - F2176 .R43 2009eb
U1  - 972.9/01 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - Caribbean Area
KW  - History
KW  - Errors, inventions, etc
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-150) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10387680
ER  -