Notes on the West Indies - Volume 1 : Written during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Notes on the West Indies 3 Volume Set
ISBN-10
1108024254
ISBN-13
9781108024259
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 9th, 2010
Print length
478 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700History
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This detailed description of Dr Thomas Pinckard's voyage to, and residence in, the West Indies in 1796–1797 provides much information on the people of the area as seen through western eyes. Writing in the genre of informal letters to a friend, he comments at length on everything he saw.
George Pinckard (1768–1835) was an army surgeon who arrived in the West Indies in 1796. His letters to a friend were published as Notes on the West Indies in 1806; a second edition came out in 1816. He describes at length all that he saw, from the very beginning of his journey, with vivid portrayals of characters and experiences: for example, before departure he saw a sailor being flogged around the fleet for desertion. Arriving first in Barbados, he describes the island, its people and its wildlife. He visited a slave trader's ship, and he gives a very good report of the condition of the slaves (most of whom were teenagers), in sharp contrast to horrific accounts also in circulation. His derogatory opinions about many of the Africans and half-castes that he met, particularly the women, perhaps typify the responses of a westerner of his age and class.
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