Episode from the public television series, "Notes from the Field."
Caribbean Colonization:
Spanish exploration and colonization of the Caribbean began as an extension of religious and economic expansion. This episode explores how such activities led to the extraction of natural resources and the development of sugarcane plantations, setting in motion central Europe’s influence in the New World and the New World’s influence throughout Europe.
Caribbean Colonization
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Caribbean (Region)sugar plantationschristopher columbusTrinleyNotes from the Field tvPBSPublic Broadcasting Service (TV Network)Environmental historyRumslave tradeEuropean Colonization Of The Americas (Literature Subject)documentaryHistory (TV Genre)Puerto Rico (Country)RainforestImperialism (Film Subject)Sugarcane (Organism Classification)