Spirits of the Jaguar: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea

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4 videocassettes (approximately 60 min. each) : 1/2 in (3rd videocassette)

Using wildlife footage, dramatic recreations and computer simulation, this four-part series explores the great civilizations of the Aztecs, the Maya and the Taino, which dominated the Caribbean and Central America for centuries before disappearing totally

Not rated.

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Narrator/host: George Page

Producer, Mark Jacobs; cinematographers, Mike Lemmon, Andrew Anderson, John Harris, Rod Clarke, Simon Carroll, Jeremy Humphries, Gavin Thurston; music, Martin Fridel

Broadcast in the USA as part of the series: Nature

Supplemented by: Spirits of the Jaguar / Paul Reddish

episode 1. The forging of a new world -- episode 2. Forests of the Maya -- episode 3. Hunters of the Caribbean sea -- episode 4. The fifth world of the Aztecs

The Taino people came from South America, where they had been hunters and farmers. Some 2,000 years ago, they paddled out into the sea in dugout canoes and discovered the small mountainous islands of the Caribbean, far different from the jungles they left behind. With little food to be found on land, they hunted the sea for manatees and tuna, conch and sea snails. Isolated from enemies, they became peaceful and spiritual people. The first to greet Columbus, they stood no chance against slavery, torture, and disease.

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Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

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Credit

George Page, Mark. Jacobs, British Broadcasting Corporation., WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Language

English

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