Dachner, Don.

A traveler's guide to Caribbean history / Don & Dene Dachner. - 1st ed. - Dixon, Calif. : Traveler's Press, c1997. - 281 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes index.

Caribbean geography, terrain and environment -- The Amerindians -- Discovery- the "Enterprise of the Indies" -- Spanish quest for power and gold -- European power struggle & settlements -- Buccaneers, pirates and privateers -- The sugar era -- slavery and slave revolts -- Antigua, Barbuda and Redonda -- Barbados -- British Virgin Islands -- Cayman Islands -- Cuba -- Dominica -- Grenada -- Hispaniola (Dominican Republic & Haiti) -- Haiti -- Dominican Republic -- Jamaica -- Martinique & Guadeloupe -- The Netherlands Antilles -- Puerto Rico -- St. Kitts & Nevis -- St. Lucia -- Sint Maarten/Saint Martin -- St. Vincent -- Tobago -- Trinidad -- U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Caribbean Area--History.
Caribbean Area--Description and travel.

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