Born to Die : Disease and New World Conquest, 1492–1650 (Paperback)

Introduction; 1. In the path of the hurricane: disease and the disappearance of the peoples of the Caribbean, 1492?1518; 2. The deaths of Aztec Cuitlahuac and Inca Huayna Capac: the first New World pandemics; 3. Settling in: epidemics and conquest to the end of the first century; 4. Regional outbreaks from the 1530s to century's end; 5. New arrivals: peoples and illnesses from 1600?1650; Conclusion.