RETHINKING COLUMBUS
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Approximately 13,000 B.C.


Approximately 800 B.C. 










   

    

1451    





1453     



1455




1471  
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1483 
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



      
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1484



  
TIMELINE:
Spain, Columbus, and Taínos
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1486
      
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1488
       


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1490
      
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Jan. 2, 1492      
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
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

March 30, 1492

April, 1492     





Columbus sets sail from Spain.
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Aug. 2, 1492
       


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Aug. 3, 1492


Oct. 12, 1492

        




     
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Oct. 14



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Nov. 12
      
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Nov. 17
Dec. 9
        
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Oct./Nov./Dec.
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
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Dec. 25

 cacique  

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        
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Dec. 26
    
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Jan. 2, 1493
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Jan. 13 
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       
      
      
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
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Feb. 15


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Mid-April



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May 28, 1493


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Approx. Sept./Oct. 1493

       

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THE PEOPLE VS. COLUMBUS, ET AL.
RETHINKING COLUMBUS
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Sept. 25, 1493   
       

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
Nov. 3, 1493    
       


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Mid-Nov
 

       


Nov. 28
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Early Feb. 1494



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        
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
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
   


Feb./March   
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
    


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

Late March/early April
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     
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
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     

 

April 9, 1494     



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
 



April 24, 1494
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Spring 1494



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June 12, 1494
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
Sept. 14


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
Nov. 1494
   

Feb. 1495

The governor, de Ovando, lures the Taíno leader Anacaona and her
followers to a meeting; the Spaniards burn down the meeting house and
hang her.
Theodore de Bry
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       
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March 24, 1495
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Oct. 1495
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March 1496
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
THE PEOPLE VS. COLUMBUS, ET AL.
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July 1496
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     
    
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   
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     
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May 30, 1498
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     
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July 31, 1498
       
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Mid-Aug. 1498
      
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Aug. 1500
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     
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Late Oct.
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May 20, 1506    
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
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— compiled by Bill Bigelow
Sources include: Cecil Jane, ;
Benjamin Keen, ed. 
; Hans Koning, 
; Milton Meltzer, 
; Samuel Eliot Morison, 
; Kirkpatrick Sale, ;
The Arab World and Islamic Resource and School Services.
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Spain, Columbus, and Taínos
Historical Timeline (p. 99)
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 
      




“Open Your Hearts”
Adapted from las Casas (p. 103)


      










 






Ceremony
Poem by Leslie Marmon Silko (p. 114)







       

Columbus Day
Poem by Jimmie Durham (p. 123)


  








      
      
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