Episode 7 - Being Good Friends to the Christians

Although on Christopher Columbus's second voyage his fleet reached Puerto Rico, it took more than a decade for Spanish begin to colonize the archipelago. In this episode, we'll see why it took so long and how the indigenous peoples of the archipelago initially reacted to their arrival. If you want more information on the topic, please see the main references for the episode below: Historia general y natural de las Indias por Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés https://ems.kcl.ac.uk/content/etext/e026.html, Historia geográfica, civil y natural de la isla de San Juan Bautista de Puerto-Rico, por fray Iñigo Abbad y Lasierra https://historia.nationalgeographic.com.es/a/colon-juicio-descubridor-america_19273, https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/gdc/lhbpr/06061/06061.pdf, La Colonización de Puerto Rico: https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbpr.19425/?sp=2&st=slideshow, Boletín de la Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia: https://academiaprhistoria.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1968-11-19.pdf, Nuevas fuentes para la historia de Puerto Rico; documentos ineditios o poco conocidos cuyos originales se encuentran en el Archivo General de Indias en la ciudad de Sevilla, Espana: https://archive.org/details/nuevasfuentespar0000aure/page/118/mode/2up, Historia Hispánica- Juan Ponce de León: https://historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/36490-juan-ponce-de-leon, Relación de Juan Ponce de León en el viaje a la Isla de San Juan,https://www.academia.edu/91227526/Relación_de_Juan_Ponce_de_León_en_el_viaje_a_la_Isla_de_San_Juan_1509?source=swp_share  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 a colorized portrait of Juan Ponce de León from a 1728 copper engraving.