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R. A. Van Middeldyk. The History of Puerto Rico
The History of Puerto Rico
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PART I. HISTORICAL. CHAPTER. I.—THE DEPARTURE. 1493. II.—THE DISCOVERY. 1493. III.—PONCE AND CERON. 1500–1511. IV.—FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS. "REPARTIMIENTOS" 1510. V.—THE REBELLION. 1511
VII.—NUMBER OF ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS AND SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS. 1511–1515. VIII.—LAWS AND ORDINANCES. 1511–1515. IX.—THE RETURN OF CERON AND DIAZ. PONCE'S FIRST EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA. 1511–1515. X.—DISSENSIONS. TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL. 1515–1520. XI.—CALAMITIES. PONCE'S SECOND EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA AND DEATH. 1520–1537. XII.—INCURSIONS OF FUGITIVE BORIQUÉN INDIANS AND CARIBS. 1520–1582. XIII.—DEPOPULATION OF THE ISLAND. PREVENTIVE MEASURES. INTRODUCTION OF NEGRO SLAVES. 1515–1534. XIV.—ATTACKS BY FRENCH PRIVATEERS. CAUSE OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE. CHARLES V. RUIN OF THE ISLAND. 1520–1556. XV.—SEDESO. CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT 1534–1555. XVI.—DEFENSELESS CONDITION OF THE ISLAND. CONSTRUCTION OF FORTIFICATIONS AND CIRCUMVALLATION OF SAN JUAN. 1555–1641 XVII.—DRAKE'S ATTACK ON SAN JUAN. 1595. XVIII.—OCCUPATION AND EVACUATION OF SAN JUAN BY LORD GEORGE CUMBERLAND. CONDITION OF THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. XIX.—ATTACK ON SAN JUAN BY THE HOLLANDERS UNDER BOWDOIN. 1625. XX.—DECLINE OF SPAIN'S POWER. BUCCANEERS AND FILIBUSTERS. 1625–1780. XXI.—BRITISH ATTACKS ON PUERTO RICO. SIEGE OF SAN JUAN BY SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE. 1678–1797
XXIII.—REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN FROM 1765 TO 1820. XXIV.—GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ISLAND FROM 1815 TO 1833. XXV.—POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AFFAIRS IN PUERTO RICO. 1833–1874
PART II. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS. XXVII.—SITUATION AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF PUERTO RICO. XXVIII.—ORIGIN, CHARACTER, AND CUSTOMS OF THE PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS OF BORIQUÉN. XXIX.—THE "JÍBARO" OR PUERTO RICAN PEASANT. XXX.—ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE MODERN INHABITANTS OF PUERTO RICO. XXXI.—NEGRO SLAVERY IN PUERTO RICO. XXII.—INCREASE OF POPULATION. XXIII.—AGRICULTURE IN PUERTO RICO. XXXIV.—COMMERCE AND FINANCES. XXXV.—EDUCATION IN PUERTO RICO. XXXVI.—LIBRARIES AND THE PRESS. XXXVII.—THE REGULAR AND SECULAR CLERGY. XXXVIII.—THE INQUISITION. 1520–1813. XXXIX.—GROWTH OF CITIES. XL.—AURIFEROUS STREAMS AND GOLD PRODUCED FROM 1609 TO 1536. XLI.—WEST INDIAN HURRICANES IN PUERTO RICO FROM 1515 TO 1899. XLII.—THE CARIBS. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX. PART I HISTORICAL
CHAPTER I THE DEPARTURE
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CHAPTER II
THE DISCOVERY
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CHAPTER III
PONCE AND CERON
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CHAPTER IV
FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS. "REPARTIMIENTOS"
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CHAPTER V
THE REBELLION
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CHAPTER VI
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CHAPTER VII
NUMBER OF ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS AND SECOND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIANS
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CHAPTER VIII
LAWS AND ORDINANCES
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CHAPTER IX
THE RETURN OF CERON AND DIAZ—PONCE'S FIRST EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA
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CHAPTER X
DISSENSIONS—TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL
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CHAPTER XI
CALAMITIES—PONCE'S SECOND EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA AND DEATH
CHAPTER XII
INCURSIONS OF FUGITIVE BORIQUÉN INDIANS AND CARIBS
CHAPTER XIII
DEPOPULATION OF THE ISLAND—PREVENTIVE MEASURES—INTRODUCTION OF NEGRO SLAVES
CHAPTER XIV
ATTACKS BY FRENCH PRIVATEERS—CAUSE OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE—CHARLES V.—RUIN OF THE ISLAND
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CHAPTER XV
SEDEÑO—CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
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CHAPTER XVI
DEFENSELESS CONDITION OF THE ISLAND—CONSTRUCTION OF FORTIFICATIONS AND CIRCUMVALLATION OF SAN JUAN
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CHAPTER XVII
DRAKE'S ATTACK ON SAN JUAN
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CHAPTER XVIII
OCCUPATION AND EVACUATION OF SAN JUAN BY LORD GEORGE CUMBERLAND—CONDITION OF THE ISLAND AT THE END OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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CHAPTER XIX
ATTACK ON SAN JUAN BY THE HOLLANDERS UNDER BOWDOIN
"BOWDOIN HENDRICK."
"JUAN DE HARO."
CHAPTER XX
DECLINE OF SPAIN'S POWER—BUCCANEERS AND FILIBUSTERS
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CHAPTER XXI
BRITISH ATTACKS ON PUERTO RICO—SIEGE OF SAN JUAN BY SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE
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CHAPTER XXII
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CHAPTER XXIII
REVIEW OF THE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN FROM. 1765 TO 1820
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CHAPTER XXIV
GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ISLAND. FROM 1815 TO 1833
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CHAPTER XXV
POLITICAL EVENTS IN SPAIN AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AFFAIRS IN PUERTO RICO
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CHAPTER XXVI
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF THE ISLAND—THE DAWN OF FREEDOM
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PART II
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR INSTITUTIONS. CHAPTER XXVII. SITUATION AND GENERAL APPEARANCE OF PUERTO RICO
CHAPTER XXVIII
ORIGIN, CHARACTER, AND CUSTOMS OF THE PRIMITIVE INHABITANTS OF BORIQUÉN
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CHAPTER XXIX
THE "JÍBARO," OR PUERTO RICAN PEASANT
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CHAPTER XXX
ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE MODERN INHABITANTS OF PUERTO RICO
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CHAPTER XXXI
NEGRO SLAVERY IN PUERTO RICO
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CHAPTER XXXII
INCREASE OF POPULATION
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CHAPTER XXXIII
AGRICULTURE IN PUERTO RICO
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CHAPTER XXXIV
COMMERCE AND FINANCES
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CHAPTER XXXV
EDUCATION IN PUERTO RICO
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CHAPTER XXXVI
LIBRARIES AND THE PRESS
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE REGULAR AND SECULAR CLERGY
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CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE INQUISITION
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CHAPTER XXXIX
GROWTH OF CITIES
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CHAPTER XL
AURIFEROUS STREAMS AND GOLD PRODUCED FROM. 1509 TO 1536
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CHAPTER XLI
WEST INDIAN HURRICANES IN PUERTO RICO FROM. 1515 TO 1899
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CHAPTER XLII
THE CARIBS
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INDEX
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R. A. Van Middeldyk
From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation
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After Don Diego's arrival in la Española he received a letter from the king, dated September 15, 1509, saying, "Ovando wrote that Juan Ponce had not gone to settle the island of San Juan for want of stores; now that they have been provided in abundance, let it be done."
But the Admiral purposely ignored these instructions. He deposed Ponce and appointed Juan Ceron as governor in his place, with a certain Miguel Diaz as High Constable, and Diego Morales for the office next in importance. His reason for thus proceeding in open defiance of the king's orders, independent of his resentment against Ponce, was the maintenance of the prerogatives of his rank as conceded to his father, of which the appointment of governors and mayors over any or all the islands discovered by him was one.
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