Born to die: disease and New World conquest, 1492-1650

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.