Relevant Passages

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Culture · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Guacanagari's brother and other Taínos meet Columbus and reveal that they were already able to speak some Castilian

Christopher ColumbusGuacanagaríx La Navidad Spanish Taíno

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Human image · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Ferdinand Columbus reports how they thought the Caribs were cannibals

cannibalism Christopher Columbus Montserrat / "Santa María de Montserrat" Caribs / Kalinago / Island Caribs

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Culture · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Columbus finds human bones in Carib settlements

human bones / skulls / skeletons Christopher Columbus Guadeloupe / Guadaloupe / "S. Maria de Guadalupe" Caribs / Kalinago / Island Caribs

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Music · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Columbus instructs his crew to search for a lost captain (Diego Marquez) and to use trumpets to call him

Christopher ColumbusDiego Marquez / "Marco" Guadeloupe / Guadaloupe / "S. Maria de Guadalupe" trumpets

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Music · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Columbus gifts cascabeles and other items to six Carib women from Guadaloupe

Christopher Columbus Guadeloupe / Guadaloupe / "S. Maria de Guadalupe" cascabeles Caribs / Kalinago / Island Caribs

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Music · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Columbus's crew attaches cascabeles to the arms of Indigenous children

Christopher Columbus Guadeloupe / Guadaloupe / "S. Maria de Guadalupe" cascabeles Caribs / Kalinago / Island Caribs

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Soundscape · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Having arrived on Guadaloupe, Columbus's crew spots a rock from which a giant spring gushed out

geophonysounds of water Guadeloupe / Guadaloupe / "S. Maria de Guadalupe"

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Music · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Columbus's crew speaks and sings prayers and songs to thank God for his mercy after reaching the Lesser Antilles

praying / prayers Christopher Columbus Dominica / Commonwealth of Dominica singingliturgical / religious singingSalve Reginasongs

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Music · T0005 — [Report Ferdinand Columbus on Columbus's Second Voyage]

Ferdinand Columbus describes how seamen sing litanies and prayers when they see St. Elmo's fire [as a general statement, not as a recounting of what had happened on this particular voyage]

St. Elmo's fire / Elmsfeuerpraying / prayers singing

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Music · T0009 — Mundus Novus [Letter Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de' Medici]

Vespucci recounts how he and the crew thanked God for sighting land [Brazil] by praying and singing

praying / prayers Amerigo Vespucci [Brazil, coastline, near 6° latitude] singingliturgical / religious singing

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Soundscape · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus remembers birdsong on Hispaniola

birdsongnightingale Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya

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Human image · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus characterizes the Taíno on Hispaniola in retrospect

Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Human image · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus claims to have forbidden his crew to give useless items to Indigenous people

Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Culture · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus says the Taíno on Hispaniola did not have any religion

religionclothingnudity Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Human image · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus states to have taken Indigenous people with him with force and that they are still around him

kidnappingenslavement Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Taíno

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Culture · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus remembers he did not catch any significant differences among the Indigenous peoples of the various islands

comparisons of culturesChristianity / Christian faithreligionmissionary work / converting people's faiths Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Taíno

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Human image · T0002 — [Letter Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santàngel, February 15, 1493]

Columbus compares Indigenous people from the Caribbean with people from Guinea

comparisons of cultures Christopher ColumbusLuis de Santángel Guinea Taíno

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Alvaro Damán (Dias's captain) steps aboard the Niña to the sound of trumpets

Christopher ColumbusBartolomeo DiasAlvaro Damán trumpets Niña

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus's crew sing (?) Salve Regina on their journey back home

Christopher Columbus [Between the Azores and Madeira] Salve Regina Niña

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus meets the Ciguayos (near Samaná)

Christopher Columbus Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / QuisqueyaSamaná Bay / "Golfo de las Flechas" Ciguayos Niña

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

After Columbus's shipwreck, the Taíno from Hispaniola desire cascabeles

Christopher ColumbusGuacanagaríx La Navidad cascabeles Taíno Niña

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus holds Guacanagaríx and his people in high esteem because of their help after his shipwreck

shipwrecks / running aground etc.nudity Christopher ColumbusGuacanagaríx La NavidadHaiti Taíno Santa María ("La Gallega")

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus is astonished by the quick understanding of Taínos on Hispaniola (in their communication with a cacico)

Christopher Columbus Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus already deems the Taíno on Hispaniola as good Christians-to-be

Christianity / Christian faithreligionmissionary work / converting people's faithscomparisons of cultures Christopher Columbus Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus praises the generosity of Indigenous people

Christopher Columbus HaitiHispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus hopes that the Indigenous people [on Haiti] would become good Christians and subjects of the Castilian crown

Christianity / Christian faithreligionmissionary work / converting people's faiths Christopher Columbus Haiti Taíno

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus gifts cascabeles and other items to Indigenous people on Haiti [near Acul-du-Nord?]

Christopher Columbus Haiti cascabeles Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus describes the inhabitants of the region in or near Acul-du-Nord

comparisons of culturesclothingnudity Christopher Columbus HaitiAcul-du-Nord Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus claims Hispaniola for the Spanish Crown (in his travelogue at least)

annexation of territory Christopher Columbus Hispaniola / Hispañola / "Bohío" / La Española / Kiskeya / Quisqueya

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus describes Indigenous agriculture and diet

agriculturediet / eating habits etc.comparisons of cultures Christopher Columbus

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus describes the appearance of Indigenous people [in Haiti?]

outward appearance Christopher Columbus

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus deems Indigenous people already as Christians-to-be

Christianity / Christian faithmissionary work / converting people's faiths Christopher Columbus

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus takes an Indigenous man, who is alone at sea, aboard and gifts him cascabeles and other items

Christopher Columbus [At sea] cascabeles Santa María ("La Gallega")

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Soundscape · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus compares birdsong on Haiti with birdsong in Spain

nightingalebirdsongcricket chirpingfrogs quacking Christopher Columbus HaitiSpain

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus compares the outward appearance of Indigenous and Spanish women

outward appearance Christopher Columbus Haiti Taíno

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus gifts glass beads, cascabeles and rings to an Indigenous woman

Christopher Columbus Haiti cascabeles Taíno

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Fun facts · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

The killing of a turtle

turtles Cuba / "Juana"

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus gifts cascabeles and other items to Indigenous people in the southeast of Cuba

Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" cascabeles Taíno

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Music · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus gifts cascabeles and other items to Indigenous people in the southeast of Cuba

Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" cascabeles Taíno

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus's crew finds a human skull

human bones / skulls / skeletons

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus's Colonial Policy: Christian Purity

religionChristianity / Christian faithantisemitism Christopher Columbus

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus states that it should be easy to make Christians out of the Indigenous people

religionmissionary work / converting people's faiths Christopher Columbus

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus spots screaming Indigenous people [near "Cabo de la Campana"]

Christopher Columbus

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus seems to betray Indigenous people to come to Spain

enslavementkidnapping Christopher Columbus Guanahaní / "San Salvador" – [today's exact location unknown]Cuba / "Juana" TaínoLukku-Cairi / Lucayan

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus compares the languages of the New World with languages from Guinea

Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana"Guinea Taíno

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus denies Indigenous people from Cuba to have culture / religion

religion Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus wants to take Indigenous people back to Spain to make them learn Spanish cultures & customs

missionary work / converting people's faiths Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus states that it should be very easy to turn the Indigenous people [from Cuba] into Christians

Christianity / Christian faithreligionnudity Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" Taíno

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Culture · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

First mention of tobacco / smoking

tobacco / smoking Rodrigo de XeresLuís de Torres Cuba / "Juana" Taíno

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Human image · T0001 — [Viajes de Cristobal Colón]

Columbus characterizes Indigenous people from Cuba as very submissive

nudity Christopher Columbus Cuba / "Juana" Taíno