The West Indies and the Spanish Main
James Rodway
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
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The Story of the Nations
THE WEST INDIES
THE WEST INDIES
AND THE
SPANISH MAIN
BY
JAMES RODWAY
SECOND IMPRESSION
London
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
Copyright by T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 (For Great Britain). Copyright by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 (For the United States of America).
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE WEST INDIES
I
THE SPANIARDS AND THEIR VICTIMS
II
THE QUEST FOR "EL DORADO"
III
"SINGEING THE SPANIARD'S BEARD"
IV
RALEGH AND THE FIRST BRITISH COLONIES
V
BUCCANEERS, FILIBUSTERS, AND PIRATES
VI
WAR IN THE YOUNG COLONIES
VII
THE PLANTERS AND THEIR SLAVES
VIII
THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY
IX
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE DARIEN TRADE
X
SLAVE INSURRECTIONS AND BUSH NEGROES
XI
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SEAS
XII
DOWNFALL OF HISPANIOLA
XIII
EMANCIPATION OF THE SPANISH MAIN
XIV
ABOLITION OF SLAVERY
XV
RESULTS OF EMANCIPATION
XVI
THE ISTHMUS TRANSIT SCHEMES
INDEX
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