It also possessed fertile soil, a favorable climate,

这地方土壤肥沃气候宜人
and land that the Spanish Crown coveted for cultivation.

还有西班牙国王一直渴求的种植土地
So, European interest was based on

所以欧洲人的兴趣是建立在
commerce, profit

贸易利润
and international power considerations.

和国际政治力量的基础上的
The Spaniards militarily dispossessed the Arawaks of their land,

西班牙人用武力夺取了阿拉瓦克斯人的土地
and intended to reduce them to slavery,

想要把他们变成奴隶
first in mines and then on the land.

先是在矿井里工作然后是在土地上
They were assisted in the process, up to a point,

在这个过程中有两样东西
by two great assets: gunpowder and disease.

在一定程度上帮助了他们军火和疾病
And as you know from reading Fenn, the aboriginal population

从范恩的书中你们会发现美洲的土著
of the Americas lacked immunity to European diseases like

对于欧洲的疾病比如天花和麻疹