the Taíno and Caribs: A Captivating Guide to Two Native Peoples of Pre-Columbian Caribbean Arrival Columbus

Two peoples, one sea, and the year everything changed. This 2-in-1 book tells the full story of the Taíno and the Caribs, from thousands of years before Columbus to the world he unleashed. >Two manuscripts in one book: - The Taíno: A Captivating Guide to an Arawak People and Their Unique Cultural Presence in the Caribbean- The Caribs: A Captivating Guide to a Group of Indigenous People and Their Encounter with the European Explorers on the Caribbean Islands >In Part One, The Taíno, you'll discover: - How poison became bread. How the Taíno turned toxic cassava into the bread that sustained an entire civilization.- The world of the cemís. The beliefs behind the cemís, the cohoba ceremony, and the stories of Yúcahu and Atabey.- A civilization on the water. Dugout canoes, far-reaching trade, the ball game, and the ceremonies that bound communities together.- The leaders who resisted. Caonabo, Anacaona, Hatuey, Agüeybaná II, and Enriquillo, who fought Spanish rule.- Did the Taíno really vanish? Why so many believed they disappeared, what archaeology and DNA now reveal, and the everyday Taíno roots of canoe, hurricane, barbecue, and hammock. >In Part Two, The Caribs, you'll discover: - Cannibals, or not? How Columbus's diary may not be what it seems, and why the fearsome reputation of the Caribs deserves a second look.- The word they left behind. How the Caribbean smoking-frame known as the boucan gave the world the "buccaneer."- The Black Caribs. The story of the Garifuna, descendants of Africans and Caribs, and their exile and rebirth as a people.- Sugar, slavery, and survival. The role of the sugar plantations in the destruction of Indigenous peoples and the rise of the Atlantic slave trade.- Priests, pirates, and revolutionaries. Las Casas, whose writings both protected and slandered; the Caribs' dealings with buccaneers; and the French Jacobin who urged them to wipe out the British. >Add it to your cart and discover the true story of the pre-Columbian Caribbean.