The devastation of Indies - a brief account

By

Bartolome de las Casas

Published in 1552

Translated from the Spanish by Herma Briffault 

Introduction by Bill M. Donovan

The John Hopkins university press, Baltimore and London

Contents

1. About the Book
2. About the Author
3. Relevance of the book
4. Nature of the American Indians
5. Chronological order of American islands conquered by Indies
6. How Spaniards behaved with American Indians
7. Hispaniola
8. The island of Cuba
9. The Mainland
10. The Province of Nicaragua
11. New Spain
12. The Province and Kingdom of Guatemala
13. Panuco and Jalisco
14. The Kingdom of Yucatan
15. The Province of Santa Marta
16. The coast of pearls, Paria, and the Island of Trinidad
17. Peru
18. The New Kingdom of Granada
19. A note on translation