Sickness, Starvation, and Death in Early Hispaniola

@article{@comment{{ Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. For questions, please contact support@jstor.org. }}, abstract = {Recently discovered letters written by Christopher Columbus raise new questions about whether the 1,500 soldiers and settlers of Columbus' second expedition (1493-1496) may have been responsible for the introduction of Old World malaria, modorra, typhus, and smallpox to the Caribbean. The early arrival of these diseases provides fresh insight into the well-documented difficult conditions in early Hispaniola.}, author = {Cook, Noble D.}, citeulike-article-id = {3196537}, doi = {10.2307/3656213}, issn = {00221953}, journal = {Journal of Interdisciplinary History}, keywords = {columbus, historical, revisionism}, number = {3}, pages = {349--386}, posted-at = {2008-09-05 01:45:57}, priority = {2}, publisher = {The MIT Press}, title = {Sickness, Starvation, and Death in Early Hispaniola}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3656213}, volume = {32}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - @comment{{ Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. For questions, please contact support@jstor.org. }} L3 - citeulike-article-id:3196537 N2 - Recently discovered letters written by Christopher Columbus raise new questions about whether the 1,500 soldiers and settlers of Columbus' second expedition (1493-1496) may have been responsible for the introduction of Old World malaria, modorra, typhus, and smallpox to the Caribbean. The early arrival of these diseases provides fresh insight into the well-documented difficult conditions in early Hispaniola. IS - 3 JF - Journal of Interdisciplinary History SN - 00221953 EP - 386 TI - Sickness, Starvation, and Death in Early Hispaniola PB - The MIT Press VL - 32 SP - 349 KW - columbus KW - historical KW - revisionism AU - Cook, Noble PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3656213 ER -