by Andrew Rowen | Mar 8, 2026 | New York City
The historical record is largely silent as to what Queen Isabel and Chief Anacaona understood about each other. They were separated by an ocean and of different civilizations just met. For Women’s History Month, I deduce or speculate what each had come to know of the...
by Andrew Rowen | Feb 7, 2026 | New York City
Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise depicts the origin of the system of repartimiento through which Spain would rule its American conquests, whereby Spanish settlers were awarded “Indian” lands and the Indians resident thereon as laborers. As related in Columbus...
by Andrew Rowen | Jan 19, 2026 | New York City
The paperback edition of Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise: 1498–1502 Retold releases February 9 and is now available for preorder. Find the book description, reviews, and purchase links on my website, www.andrewrowen.com
by Andrew Rowen | Dec 6, 2025 | New York City
My earlier books set Queen Isabel and King Fernando’s missionary plan for “Española” within the intellectual framework of their actions to Christianize their Spanish kingdoms through the Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews, and the completion of the Reconquista and...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 28, 2025 | New York City
Mestizo society began on “Española” when Spanish rebels squatting in Xaraguá cohabitated and had children with Xaraguán women and Spanish settlers loyal to Columbus did so elsewhere on the island. Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise: 1498–1502 Retold depicts the...
