historicizing miskitu green turtle knowledge
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Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge. Christopher Jordan CLACS Symposium 04/22/2010. Pre-European Contact: Before ~AD 1500. Oscar Theodor Turtle fisherman, Kakabila RAAS. Buccaneer Trade: ~AD 1612-AD 1641. William Dampier. English Buccaneer - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Historicizing Miskitu Green Turtle Knowledge
Christopher JordanCLACS Symposium
04/22/2010
Pre-European Contact: Before ~AD 1500
Oscar TheodorTurtle fisherman, Kakabila RAAS
Buccaneer Trade: ~AD 1612-AD 1641
•English Buccaneer
•Author of A New Voyage Round the World:
•“Their (the Miskitu) chiefest Employment in their own Country is to strike Fish, Turtle, and Manatee…For this they are esteemed and coveted by all Privateers; for one or two of them in a Ship, will maintain 100 Men…” (15)
William Dampier
The English and Cayman Islander Traders: AD 1641-AD 1960s
The Foreign Companies: AD 1969-AD 1977
•Frescamar
•Tortugas S.A.
•Overharvest
Wartime:1981-1990
ContrasSandinistas
Conservation?
Neoliberalism and Initial Autonomy:1987-2000s
Foreign Fleets Increasing Harvests
“Storing” Turtles until Market Day
Thank you:
Dr. Robert Blake – CLACS
Drs. Daniel Kramer, Gerald Urquhart, Andrea Allen, Aaron McCright
National Science Foundation CHANS/GRFP
Dr. Linda Kalof – Animal Studies