The people of Columbus's first landfall (Guanahani, 12 October 1492) — perhaps 40,000 across the Bahamas.
Carried off entirely by Spanish slave raids; the archipelago lay deserted for roughly 130 years after 1513.
A sweeping history of the Caribbean that opens with the Lucayans of Columbus's first landfall and the slaving that emptied the Bahamas (broad regional context).
Documents the Spanish enslavement that carried off the Lucayans entirely, the mechanism of their disappearance.
Rouse's monograph covers Lucayan archaeology and culture as part of the broader Taíno world; the Lucayans were the first Taíno Columbus encountered.
Primary source by a witness to the conquest of Cuba; Las Casas was present and describes the decimation of the Taíno of Cuba firsthand. Essential primary document for this record.