Following the arrival of Europeans, La Hispaniola’s indigenous Taíno population was nearly extinguished. Introduction The recorded history of...
Caribbean
Did people settle these islands by traveling north from South America, or in the other direction? Artifacts...
Before establishing mainland colonies, Spain first settled the larger Caribbean islands. Among the areas Columbus discovered during...
Hosay procession in St. James / Photo by Nicholas Laughlin, Creative Commons Hosay, a religious ritual performed by...
Print depicting enslaved people producing sugar in Antigua, 1823 / British Library, Public Domain After the Caribbean...
Slaves loading rum barrels from Ten Views in the Island of Antigua (1823) by William Clark. Courtesy British Library/Wikipedia...
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain with intentions to find a new route...
HMS Empire Windrush / Royal Navy official photographer, Wikimedia Commons Looking at some of the forgotten voyages that brought...