Places Affected by the 2010 Haiti Earthquake - Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Petionville (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 133. Not illustrated. Chapters: Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel, Leogane, Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Petionville, Port International de Port-Au-Prince, Jacmel Airport, Petit-Goave, Grand-Goave, Ouest Department, Killick, Carrefour, Haiti, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-Au-Prince, Durissy, Haiti, Bel Air, Haiti, Les Palmes, Haiti, Gressier, Port-Au-Prince Arrondissement, Titanyen, Sud-Est Department, Morne a Chandelle, Haiti, Leogane Arrondissement, Jacmel Arrondissement, Riviere de Grand Goave, Petit Paradis. Excerpt: Port-au-Prince - Prior to the arrival of Christopher Columbus, the island of Hispaniola was inhabited by people known as the Taino, who arrived in approximately 2600 BC in large dugout canoes. They are believed to come primarily from what is now eastern Venezuela. By the time Columbus arrived in 1492 AD, the region was under the control of Bohechio, Taino cacique of Xaragua. He, like his predecessors, feared settling too close to the coastsuch settlements would have proven to be tempting targets for the Caribes, who lived on neighboring islands. Instead, the region served as a hunting ground. The population of the region was approximately 400,000 at the time, but the Tainos were gone within 30 years of the arrival of the Spaniards. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the Amerindians were forced to accept a protectorate, and Bohechio, childless at death, was succeeded by his sister, Anacaona, wife of the cacique Caonabo. Anacaona tried to maintain cordial relations with the Spaniards, but this proved to be difficult, as the latter came to insist upon larger and larger tributes. Eventually, the Spanish colonial administration decided to rule directly, and in 1503, Nicolas Ovando, then governor, set about to put an end to the regime headed by Anacaona. He invited her and other tribal leaders to a feast, and...