HIS294Y1 Lecture Notes - Greater Antilles, Columbian Exchange, Asiento
Document Summary
The spanish conquest of the greater antilles 1492 - 1550. Interactions between the indigenous and the spanish was a moment when there is a much bigger international conversation between groups who were not familiar to each other in any way shape or form. Hispaniola would be the testing ground for spanish imperial policies that would then be exported elsewhere. There is a myth that the taino thought the spanish came from the sky: the taino probably thought that they were sent by the sea god, yocahu. Spanish did: eventually they would understand the importance that the spanish put on minerals but they didn"t base their communities on it. Almost immediately, according to columbus" journal, it"s obvious that there is a falseness in the interactions between the two: he makes it clear that ultimately domination by any means necessary is the end goal.
