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Further Reading

Books

• Benjamin, Thomas, et al., eds. The Atlantic World in the Age of Empire. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
• Francis, John Michael, ed. Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History; A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2006.
• Kamen, Henry. Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492–1763. New York: HarperCollins, 2004.
• Las Casas, Bartolomé de. A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, trans. Nigel Griffin. New York: Penguin, 1999.
• Milanich, Jerald T., and Susan Milbrath, eds. First Encounters: Spanish Explorations in the Caribbean and the United States, 1492–1570. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1989.
• Newcomb, Steven T. Pagans in the Promised Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum, 2008.
• Paiewonsky, Michael. Conquest of Eden, 1493–1515: Other Voyages of Columbus; Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Virgin Islands. Rome: Mapes Monde, Editore, 1993.
• Rouse, Irving. The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1993.
• Sale, Kirkpatrick. The Conquest of Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy. New York: Knopf, 1990.
• Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher, and John M. Nieto-Phillips. Interpreting Spanish Colonialism: Empires, Nations, and Legends. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.
• Williams, Eric. From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492–1969. New York: Vintage, 1984.

Web Sites

• “1512–1513. The Laws of Burgos.” Colonial Latin America, Southern Methodist University Web site. http://faculty.smu.edu/bakewell/bakewell/texts/burgoslaws.html.