Worlds collide on Vieques : an intimate portrait from the time of Columbus

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by  Elizabeth Coles Langhorne

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WORLDS
COLLIDE
ON VIEQUES
by Elizabeth Langhorne
The Taino Indians of the Caribbean
were another casualty of the Spanish
exploration and eventual conquest of
much of the Americas. In well-docu-
mented detail, the author describes In-
dian life, and how the conflict between
the natives and the Spaniards arose.
Gold was certainly a Culprit, but the
vanity and greed of Columbus and those
who followed combined with the desire
for the precious metal to destroy com-
pletely this Indian culture.
Columbus was the first to chart these |
tiny islands such as Vieques and
Borinquen (Puerto Rico), but the cruel-
ties inflicted upon the native residents
were intensified by Ponce de Leon and
the other Conquistadores.
Although the Franciscan Fathers
speak out against the cruelty of the
Spanish conquerors, we see the end on
Vieques, where the Chiefs Cacimar and
Yaureibo both fall in battle with the
invaders. The book closes with the total
destruction of the native population of
the little island of Vieques.
This work is one of the first popular
accounts that is also a documented
history of the time. In it we can see how
the conflict progresses and worsens
between the Spaniards and the natives
of Vieques. We moum their loss; but we
understand it better, and, by extension,
we understand better the history of the
period of colonization.
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Worlds Collide on Vieques
An Intimate Portrait
from the Time of Columbus.
Departure of Columbus from the Port of Palos; painting by Joa-
quin Sorolla y Bastida, 1910-11. Courtesy of the Mariners Mu-
seum, Newport News, Virginia.
Worlds Collide on
Vieques
An Intimate Portrait
from the Time of Columbus
by
Elizabeth Langhorne
RIVERCROSS PUBLISHING, INC.
NEW YORK
Copyright © 1992 by Elizabeth Langhorne
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First Edition
ISBN:0-944957-36-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 92-28718
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Langhorne, Elizabeth Coles.
Worlds collide on Vieques: an intimate portrait from the time of
Columbus / by Elizabeth Langhorne.—1st ed.
Dp. col.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-944957-36-6: $12.95
1. Taino Indians—History. 2. Taino Indians—First contact with
Europeans. 3. Taino Indians—Government relations. 4. Vieques
Island (P.R.)—History. 5. America—Discovery and exploration
—Spanish. I. Title.
F1619.2.T3L36 1992
972.95'9—dc20 92-28718
CIP
For Elizabeth Langhorne Harries
who loves Vieques
Also by Elizabeth Langhorne:
Nancy Astor and Her Friends, Praeger
A Virginia Family and Its Plantation Houses, University
Press of Virginia
Monticello, A Family Story, Algonquin Books
Vieques, History of a Small Island, Vieques Conservation
and Historical Trust