The door of the seas and key to the universe: Indian politics and imperial rivalry in the Darién, 1640-1750

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright and Permissions
• List of Illustrations
  • Images
  • Maps
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Mythohistories of Ibelele and Tiegun: The Power of the Leres
  • [Intro]
  • Ibelele's Story
  • Tule Power
  • Tiegun's Rise and Fall
  • European Sources The King of Darién
  • A Pirate's Literary Evidence
• 2 Teaching the Tule to Become Tribal, 1640–1667
  • [Intro]
  • Fortune Provides a Mediator
  • A Pattern Established Missionary Success, Colonial Failure?
  • Julián Carrisoli Establishing a Colonial Career
  • Julián Carrisoli as the Personification of Success
• 3 Military Leadership in the Age of the Buccaneers, 1667–1698
  • [Intro]
  • A Mestizo Spanish Official
  • The Carrisoli Family, Royal Rewards, and Status
  • Frontier Exploration
  • Gifts for the Indians The Paniquiri and the Mora
  • English Literary Creations of a Tribal Darién
  • Luis Carrisoli and the Failure of Success
• 4 Tule Interactions with the Scots and the English at the Close of the Seventeenth Century
  • [Intro]
  • The Scottish Choice of the Darién
  • The English Make it a Race for Darién
  • Possessing the Darién
• 5 The Spanish Management of Imperial Chaos, 1698–1701
• 6 The Collapse of the Carrisolian System, 1702–1728
  • [Intro]
  • The Murder of Bernardo and Gaspar Carrisoli
  • Luis García's Rebellion
• 7 War and Peace under Presidentes Martínez and Alsedo, 1731–1745
• 8 The Return of the Leres Jesuit Triumph and Defeat, 1745–1751
• Conclusion
• Archive
  • Reader's Advisory
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
• Notes
  • Introduction
  • 1 Mythohistories of Ibelele and Tiegun: The Power of the Leres
  • 2 Teaching the Tule to Become Tribal, 1640–1667
  • 3 Military Leadership in the Age of the Buccaneers, 1667–1698
  • 4 Tule Interactions with the Scots and the English at the Close of the Seventeenth Century
  • 5 The Spanish Management of Imperial Chaos, 1698–1701
  • 6 The Collapse of the Carrisolian System, 1702–1728
  • 7 War and Peace under Presidentes Martínez and Alsedo, 1731–1745
  • 8 The Return of the Leres Jesuit Triumph and Defeat, 1745–1751
  • Conclusion
• Bibliography
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Printed Manuscripts
  • Contemporary Pamphlets and Texts
  • Books and Articles
  • Dissertations
• Links
• About the Author