by Andrew Rowen | Nov 10, 2025 | New York City
Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise: 1498–1502 Retold released this morning! The years 1498 to 1502 are the least studied and written about of “Española’s” brutal conquest, and the book steps beyond portrayals of Queen Isabel, Chieftain Anacaona, and Columbus...
by Andrew Rowen | Nov 2, 2025 | New York City
Isabel, Anacaona & Columbus’s Demise closely traces Columbus’s life, objectives, and actions as governor of “Española” from September 1498 to his removal in October 1500, a period when he didn’t go to sea and which is often abbreviated or ignored in biographies of...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 23, 2025 | New York City
Biographies of Spain’s Queen Isabel generally depict her extraordinary legacies in giving birth to both modern Spain (ruling Castile and Aragón jointly with her husband, Fernando, for decades and completing the Reconquista) and Spanish America, as well as the...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 13, 2025 | New York City
For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I post about Anacaona, the first Native woman chieftain known to resist the Spanish invasion and conquest of the Americas. Traditional depictions of Anacaona relate her preeminent stature as a poet; her uncommon beauty and allure; her...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 5, 2025 | New York City
Columbus and Caonabó: 1493–1498 Retold depicts the war between Columbus and Chief Caonabó in 1495 and Columbus’s subjugation of a significant portion of “Española” by the spring of 1498, largely the chiefdoms of Marien, Magua, and Maguana. But much of Española then...
