Torres Memorandum

report by Columbus

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In Christopher Columbus: The second and third voyages of Christopher Columbus
…and so known as the Torres Memorandum, speaks of sickness, poor provisioning, recalcitrant natives, and undisciplined hidalgos (gentry). It may be that these problems had intensified, but the Columbus family must be held at least partly responsible, intent as it was on enslaving the Taino and shipping them to Europe…
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