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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    July 2011
    November 2010
    ISBN:
    9780511782664
    9781108023108
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782664
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.55kg, 438 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, African Studies, Geography, Historical Geography, Latin American History
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies
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    Sir Andrew Halliday (1782–1839) served as a surgeon in the Peninsular War, and then as a royal physician. In 1832 he was appointed Inspector of Hospitals in the West Indies until ill-health forced his return to Scotland. During his time there he collected the information for this work, published in 1837. His study of the Windward and Leeward Islands in the West Indies is comprehensive. He covers the colonisation, administration, religious, social and economic history of the islands, flora and fauna, and the climate and diseases of the region. Trinidad he judged to be the most unhealthy of the islands, with malaria being a serious problem due to the terrain and vegetation. He kept meteorological records, and commented on seasonal patterns of illnesses. He also discusses the effects of the abolition of slavery, believing that the scare-mongering of the anti-abolitionists had been proved false.

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