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God CarlosAnthony C. Winkler

God Carlos

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God Carlos transports us to a voyage aboard the Santa Inez, a Spanish sailing vessel bound for the newly discovered West Indies with a fortune-seeking band of ragtag sailors. She is an unusual explorer for her day, carrying no provisions for the settlers, no seed for planting crops, manned by vain, arrogant men looking for gold in Jamaica. Expecting to make landfall in paradise after over a month at sea, the crew of the Santa Inez instead find themselves in the middle of a timid, innocent people--the Arawaks--who walk around stark naked without embarrassment and who venerate their own customs…

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  • Other · English · 2012
    Akashic Books · 215 pages · 9781617751394
Treasure trovesQuests (Expeditions)FictionFiction, historicalWest indies, fiction