Episode 6 - Of Greater Lands and more Beautiful

We already know the indigenous peoples who inhabited Puerto Rico in the 15th century, now it's time to talk about the other side of the Columbian exchange, the Europeans and their arrival to the archipelago and the Caribbean in general. If you want more information on the topic, please see the main references for the episode below: Cristóbal Colón-Textos y Documentos Completos: https://www.athenaica.com/libro/textos-y-documentos-completos_155220/, Letter of Doctor Chanca on the Second Voyage of Columbus,1495:  English: https://www.latinamericanstudies.org/columbus/chanca.pdf, Columbus’s Geographic Miscalculations:  https://spectrum.ieee.org/columbuss-geographical-miscalculations; A Critical Review of Radiocarbon Dating of a Norse Settlement at L'Anse Aux Meadows, Newfoundland Canada: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/2278148D033FEB9E42DD0A78B742CE13/S0033822200012613a.pdf/a-critical-review-of-radiocarbon-dating-of-a-norse-settlement-at-lanse-aux-meadows-newfoundland-canada.pdf, Renace el lío de saber por cuál pueblo entró Cristobal Colón: https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/puerto-rico/notas/renace-el-lio-de-saber-por-cual-pueblo-entro-cristobal-colon/  If you prefer to listen in Spanish, don’t forget that this episode is also available in Spanish on this same feed. If you’d like to support this educational initiative, you can visit our Patreon page here:patreon.com/HistoriaBoricua. The image for this episode is “The Discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492” made by Theodore de Bry in 1594 for the book “Grands voyages, America pars quarta”.