81. IWon - Travel Guide - History & Culture history. also a sizable Spanishspeaking immigrant community, mainly from the DominicanRepublic. While regional control of the Netherlands Antilles is based in http://www.iwon.com/travel/travelguide/history/0,20310,Caribbean-571,00.html

iWon Travel Caribbean Sint Maarten Powered by HISTORY and CULTURE History Culture History Because of its many salt ponds, Amerindians called the island Sint Maarten shares with St Martin 'Soualiga,' meaning 'Land of Salt.' According to popular belief, Columbus 'discovered' the island in November 1493 and named it in honor of Bishop St Martin of Tours. However, some historians now think the island Columbus chanced upon that day was the more southerly Nevis and that he never actually sighted St Martin. At any rate, it wasn't until 1631 that the first colonization attempts were made, with the Dutch settling at Little Bay and the French in the Orleans area. In 1633 the Spanish (who had claimed but not colonized the island) invaded the island, deporting all 128 inhabitants. The Spanish reinforced a fort that the Dutch had started and then built a second fort. In 1644 an attempt to retake the island was led by the renowned Dutch colonizer Peter Stuyvesant, who lost a leg to a cannonball in the fighting. Although the Dutch assault was unsuccessful, four years later the Spanish reassessed their interests in the region and simply left on their own. Both the Dutch and French hastily moved back and agreed to share the island, signing a partition agreement in 1648 that was to be repeatedly violated. During the period from 1670 to 1702 the French controlled the entire island. In 1703 the Dutch invaded from St Eustatius and then deported any French settlers who refused to leave.

82. Sample Syllabus For History 533.03 Political, economic, and cultural history of West ed. Wiarda H.; Kryzanek, M. DominicanRepublic Caribbean Crucible. reform Same regional and international http://www.history.ohio-state.edu/courses-new/53303.htm

History 533.03 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE Political, economic, and cultural history of West Indies (Cuba. Haiti, Dominican Republic etc.) and Central America (Panama, Guatemala. Nicaragua, etc.) and their relations with the United States. Students will learn factual information about Central America and the Caribbean. They will also enhance their analytical skills, especially to think historically and comparatively. PART I. READINGS The following paperback books are required readings. SBX has been given an "exclusive" on this order. Didion, Joan Salvador Perez-Stable, Marifeli, The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, Legacy Perez, Louis A. Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution Lafebre, Walter Inevitable Revolutions . 2nd ed. Wiarda H.; Kryzanek, M. Dominican Republic: Caribbean Crucible . 2nd ed. Woodward, Ralph Lee, Jr. Central America: A Nation Divided . 2nd. ed. PART II. CALENDAR OF DATES PART III. LECTURE TOPICS AND READING ASSIGNMENTS The reading assignments far each week appear below. These readings are intended to complement the lectures as well as provide material for discussion (students may earn up to 20 points for class discussion. The sequence of Prof. Cooper's lectures will usually, but not necessarily always, follow the order listed below. In same cases more than one class period may be spent on a given topic, in other cases less than one class period. As time permits slides will occasionally also be shown. It is recommended that the entire readings for each week should completed

83. Maps Of Latin America - LANIC http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/map/

Maps Regional Resources The Americas South America Country Resources Antigua and Barbuda The Cayman Islands El Salvador Martinique ... International Resources Regional Maps The Americas The 1562 Map of the Americas by Diego Gutirrez US Library of Congress Americas Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program Central/South America and the Caribbean DCW Map Interface David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Exploring Florida Maps Geoscape Colombia Geographic Business Intelligence in Latin America Latin America Maps of the Americas New World New World Maps and Site Plans Athena Review Image Archive North and Central America Interactive Forest Maps Images of Early Maps on the Web, WWW Virtual Library The Weather Channel Aztec, Olmec and Mesoamerican Maps History Link 101 Caribbean Island Directory, Vacation Tips and Road Maps Calabash Skyviews Ltd. Caribbean Maps Caribbean-On-Line Carta de los Estados de Centro-America 1862, US Library of Congress Central America and the Caribbean US Library of Congress Central America Earthquake Map Also has Mexico USGS Mayan Maps History Link 101 The West Indies and the Mexican Gulf 1806, US Library of Congress

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