Medienkombination, Englisch, 814 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 322 mm, Gewicht: 1410 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
Including a Particular Report of Hispanola, or the Spanish Part of Santo Domingo
Medienkombination, Englisch, 814 Seiten, Format (B × H): 252 mm x 322 mm, Gewicht: 1410 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
ISBN: 978-1-108-02461-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
William Walton (?1783–1857) was British agent at Santo Domingo (Haiti), over which the British had briefly fought with the French before it proclaimed its independence in 1804. Returning to England in 1809, he began to write on Spanish and South American affairs. The Present State of the Spanish Colonies was published in two volumes in 1810. Volume 1 deals with the island colony of Hispaniola (now divided between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Walton discusses the history and geography of the island, and particularly the natural resources and wildlife. Volume 2 examines the history and resources of the Spanish settlements in South America, describing the Indian, Spanish and Creole inhabitants and their culture, and the relationship of the colonies with Spain. There is much of interest in his study of the origins and culture of the native tribes, and the impact on them of colonization and religious conversion.
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Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; 1. First discovery, and early history of Hispañola; 2. Present government of Haiti; 3. Description of the coast, harbours, bays, and detached islands of Hispañola; 4. Soil and resources compared with those of Haiti, country, vallies, climate, plains, branding cattle, woods described; 5. Rivers, streams, lakes, &c.; 6. Aspect of the country, and stroke of the sun and moon; 7. Species of woods, fruits, vegetable productions, &c.; 8. Mines, mineral productions, &c.; 9. Animals, game, fish, insects, &c.; 10. Population, cities, towns, &c.; 11. Amusements; 12. Indians, their history, one of their idols described, decline and rise of Hispañola, policy of the French in the West Indies; 13. Occupation of the island by the French, till their final expulsion by the English and Spaniards; 14. Advantages that result to England from dispossessing the French of Hispañola; Appendix. Volume 2: 15. Division of territory; 16. How South America was first peopled; 17. Civilized Indians; 18. Characteristic sketches of the American Spaniards; 19. Climate of Spanish America; 20. Administration of justice; 21. Negro slaves; 22. Trade of Spanish America; 23. Population; 24. Considerations on the relative situation of the Spanish colonies to the mother country; Appendix.
