Spanish Trinidad
By: Francisco Morales Padrón ; edited and translated by Armando García de la Torre
Contributors: García De la Torre, Armando
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Kingston; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9789766376161; 9789766376239
Subjects: Colonies; History
Work titles: Trinidad Española
Description: History of Trinidad's 300 under Spanish rule, written from the Spanish perspective. Examines the policies that fuelled Trinidad's economic and demographic transformation from a remote outpost to a prized possession of Spain, ultimately seized by the British.
Notes: Translation of: La Trinidad Española, originally published in 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-279) and index.
Table of contents: title: Columbus's ships in the seas of Trinidad; title: The first attempts to settle Trinidad; title: Trinidad as a base of operations for El Dorado; title: Trinidad in the seventeenth century; title: Trinidad in the eighteenth century (1700-1783); title: Chacón : a questionable governor; title: The Anglo-Spanish rivalry; title: Trinidad ceases to be Spanish.