Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
Contents
In the path of the hurricane: disease and the disappearance of the peoples of the Caribbean, 1492-1518 -- The deaths of Aztec Cuitlahuac and Inca Huayna Capac: the first New World pandemics -- Settling in: epidemics and conquest to the end of the first century -- Regional outbreaks from the 1530s to century's end -- New arrivals: peoples and illnesses from 1600-1650.