Columbia subject headings:
Land settlement--Law and legislation--Guiana--History.
Land settlement--Law and legislation--Trinidad and Tobago--History.
Latin America--Colonization--History.
Netherlands--Colonies--History.
Spain--Colonies--History.
Harvard subject headings:
Princeton subject headings:
Conquest, Right of.
Doctrine of discovery (International law)
Indians of South America--Legal status, laws, etc.
Law--Netherlands--Colonies.
Law--Spain--Colonies.
Res nullius.
South America--Colonization.
South America--History--To 1806.