Columbus and Covid-19: Amerindian antecedents to the global pandemic

• W. George Lovell ^[1]
  1. [1] Queen's University

     Queen's University

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Americanía: revista de estudios latinoamericanos de la Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, ISSN-e 2174-0178, Nº. 11, 2020, págs. 4-31
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.46661/americania.5198
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Colón y la Covid-19: Antecedentes Amerindios de la Pandemia Global
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  • español

    La erupción y difusión de la pandemia COVID-19 nos permite reflexionar sobre el papel de las enfermedades en la historia latinoamericana, sobre todo su impacto en las poblaciones amerindias después de la llegada de Colón y el inicio de la invasión europea. Nuestra discusión ilumina problemas con los datos pertinentes, su cronología y su identificación en distintos entornos: La Española, México, Guatemala, los Andes centrales del Ecuador y del Perú, y Brasil. Se sitúa la discusión, históricamente, en un contexto hemisférico y global.

  • English

    The eruption and spread of COVID-19 affordsus the opportunity to look back and reflect on the role disease has played in shaping Indigenous destinies in the Americas. Discussionilluminates problems of data, chronology, impact, and identification in distinct settings Hispaniola, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil and situates regional findings, historically, in hemispheric and global context

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