History of West Indies

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Caribbean & West Indies
Cover of the book History of West Indies by Felix L.  Oswald, Edith B.  Blake, Editions Le Mono
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Author: Felix L. Oswald, Edith B. Blake ISBN: 9782366592177
Publisher: Editions Le Mono Publication: June 14, 2016
Imprint: Editions Le Mono Language: English
Author: Felix L. Oswald, Edith B. Blake
ISBN: 9782366592177
Publisher: Editions Le Mono
Publication: June 14, 2016
Imprint: Editions Le Mono
Language: English

Had those islands any aborigines when discovered by Europeans? If there were natives, do any of them remain?
The West Indies, or Antilles, consist of many hundreds, or even—reckoning keys or very small islands—several thousand islands varying in area from those which, like Cuba and Jamaica, number their square acres by the million, to the tiny key of half an acre or less. The greater number of these—indeed, all capable of supporting a population, with the exception of Barbados— contained inhabitants when first discovered. Barbados, though containing numerous evidences of former occupation, was uninhabited when taken possession of by its first European settlers, the English...

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Had those islands any aborigines when discovered by Europeans? If there were natives, do any of them remain?
The West Indies, or Antilles, consist of many hundreds, or even—reckoning keys or very small islands—several thousand islands varying in area from those which, like Cuba and Jamaica, number their square acres by the million, to the tiny key of half an acre or less. The greater number of these—indeed, all capable of supporting a population, with the exception of Barbados— contained inhabitants when first discovered. Barbados, though containing numerous evidences of former occupation, was uninhabited when taken possession of by its first European settlers, the English...

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