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“...LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS
Maps
The West Indies . . . after
The Bermudas ... . . „
New Providence, the Bahamas . . „
A Topographical Description and Ad-
measurement of the Island of Barbados ,,
Reproduced from Ligon’s Map, dated 1673
Barbados . . . .
Trinidad and Tobago . . . .
Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grena-
dines .
St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis,
Dominica and Montserrat
Jamaica . . . . .
Guadeloupe, Martinique, Marie Galante
and Les Saintes
The Virgin Islands ...
Cuba and Porto Rico .
Haiti and Santo Domingo
British Guiana . .
The Panama Canal
facing
Plans
Bridgetown, Barbados . . . . after
Port of Spain, Trinidad . . . ,,
The Carenage, Grenada, in 1700 .
From an old plan in the " Nouveau Voyage auy
Isles de V A mérique ’’
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46
66
76
80
116
156
170
258
308
328
346
366
374
420
84
122
161...”
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“...Antigua, with Barbuda and Redonda ; St. Kitts, Nevis,
and Anguilla; Montserrat, Dominica, and the Virgin
Islands.
Adjoining the West Indian islands are the colonies of
British* Guiana on the mainland of South America and
British Honduras in Central America, which have many
interests in common with them.
The other islands of importance beside those men-
tioned above are: Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Santa Cruz
or St. Croix, and St. John (American); Guadeloupe
(with its dependencies the Saintes, Marie Galante,
Desirade or Deseada, and St. Bartholomew), and
Martinique (French); Curasao and its dependencies
(Dutch), and St. Martin (owned jointly by the Dutch
and French).
GEOLOGY. The West Indian islands are partly
volcanic and partly of coral formation. Many of the
almost land-locked harbours are obviously the craters of
extinct volcanoes, and there are also other signs, of
volcanic action.
The islands are understood to be the peaks of a sub-
merged range of mighty mountains, known to geologists...”
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“...of their preparation for market has not yet been
I imparted to the planter, and consequently they are not culti-
I vated on a commercial scale. The few sugar-works still stand-
I ing are mainly concerned with the manufacture of rum, the
I local consumption of which is about 60,000 gallons annually.
I Cattle, sheep, and horses are bred in the island with success.
I The soils of Grenada are rich, and have been compared with
I those of Java for fertility. In Carriacou the cultivation of
I Marie Galante cotton, started in the sixties, has never been
I abandoned, and, that of limes, started about ten years ago, has
I now become a considerable industry.
CLIMATE. The climate of Grenada is equable and healthy.
I The year is divided into two seasons, the dry season which
I begins towards the end of January and lasts until the full moon
I in May, and the wet lasting for the rest of the year; but the...”
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“...the General would by no means have disturbed.—Cooper j !,
Willyams.
In the rainy season those residents of Pointe-a-Pitre 1
who can afford to do so leave town for the heights of s
Petit Bourg, Sainte Thore, or Lamentin, where they can a
enjoy the thermal baths of the Ravine Chaud, or Sofaia, la
where there are sulphurous springs. Others seek
recreation and health in the Saintes.
GUADELOUPE’S DEPENDENCIES
Guadeloupe has five dependencies—namely: Marie j !
Galante, Désirade, Les Saintes, Saint Martin, and Saint! 1
Barthélemy.
Marie Galante, which lies sixteen miles to the south-1
east of Guadeloupe Proprement Dite, was discovered by
Columbus on November 3rd, 1493, and named after his
caravel. The island is of coral formation. Its area is 1
about 60 square miles and its population 15,182. It I
was first settled by the French, and thereafter frequently,
changed hands between them and the English; butt
since 1816 it has remained under the Tricolour. Its;...”
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“...GUADELOUPE'S DEPENDENCIES 311
capital is Grand Bourg and its staple industry the pro-
duction of sugar.
Désirade, six miles to the east of Grande Terre, was
also discovered by Columbus on November 3rd, 1493-
Like its neighbours, it is of coral formation. Some
cotton is produced upon it; but the chief industry is
the raising of live stock and fishing. To the- south,
between it an Marie Galante, are two islets knbwn as
Terre d’en haut and Terre d’en bas, not to be confused
with those of similar names among Les Saintes.
Les Saintes, a group of islands seven miles to the south
of Guadeloupe Proprement Dite, were once a strategic
position of great importance, and gave their name to the
sea fight between Rodney and de Grasse on April 12th,
1782, which the French call the Battle of Dominica (see
page 247). They comprise Terre d’en haut to the east,
with Ilet a Cabrits, Grand Ilet, and the Ilets de la Coche,
and des Augustins, and Redonda round it, and on the
west Terre d’en bas.
Discovered by...”
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“...INDEX
482
Manchester, Duke of, 290
Manchineel trees, 211
Mandeville, 259, 290
Mangrove Lagoon, 325, 327
Manjak, 75, 140
Manning, Mr. Sam, 109
Manning, Sir William, 273
Manoa, 374
Man-o’-War Bay, 147, 152
Mansion House Fund, 263
Manzanilla, 120, 138, 145
Manzanillo Bay, Haiti, 365
Manzanillo Island, 422
Marabella, 118, 119, 140
Maracaibo, 340-1, 411
Maracas Bay, 114, 144
Maracas Fall, 137
Maraval, 131
Mare, the, Barbados, 97
Margarita, 411
Marinao Beach, 357
Marie Galante, 310
Marie Galante Cotton, 155
Marie Louise, Princess, 130,
191, 269
Mari got, 311, 341
Markham, Sir Clements, 249
Marlborough, Earl of, 76
Marley Castle, 293
Maroon Negroes, 171, 258, 286,
293
" Maroon parties,” 13
Maroon Town, 293
Maroon War, 293
Martha Brae River, 256
Martinique, battle off, 249
Marquis, Grenada, 167
Marr, Sir Henry, 71
Marriaqua, 198
Marryat, Captain, 33, 160
Marti, José, 346, 353
Martinique, 312-20
— Accommodation in, 313
— Area, situation and popu-
lation, 312
— Climate, 312
— Communications, 313...”
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