Down Guantanamo Way

My travels by ship have come across some of the more glorious moments of spreading the gospel and European civilisation, especially down Guantanamo way.

On his second voyage, which set out with the express purpose of setting up a Spanish colony, our good friend Columbus decided on an enlightened program: he demanded that the native Taino on Hispaniola should bring him gold. Those who didn't would have their hands cut off. The catch was that the island didn't have much gold. Since they were keen t