{"product_id":"notes-on-the-west-indies-written-during-the-expedition-under-the-command-of-the-late-general-sir-ralph-abercromby-paperback-9781108024266","title":"Notes on the West Indies; Written during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108024266","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNotes on the West Indies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWritten during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn army surgeon's detailed account of the West Indies in 1796–1797, first published in 1806.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeorge Pinckard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108024266, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e498 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.8 x 14 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeorge 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. Having been separated by bad weather from the fleet and arriving long before his regiment, he had plenty of time to explore Barbados, which he describes in detail in Volume 2. He is critical of the treatment of some slaves which he witnesses, but seldom questions slavery itself, and considers that, under a good owner, slaves were better off than they would have been in Africa; however, he found that elderly slaves who could no longer work were badly neglected. As a doctor, he is interested in illnesses suffered on the island, such as elephantiasis and yellow fever, and he also describes an expedition to Dutch Guiana.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Author and his friends wait for General Whyte, and the Cork convoy\u003cbr\u003e 2. Author apprehensive of fatiguing his friend with tales of delay and disappointment\u003cbr\u003e 3. A common signal of alarm converted into an ensign of joy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Creole languor from heat of climate\u003cbr\u003e 5. A surgical operation performed with great dexterity by a negro\u003cbr\u003e 6. General remarks concerning Barbadoes\u003cbr\u003e 7. Further hope, and further disappointment\u003cbr\u003e 8. Author separated from his long associated comrades\u003cbr\u003e 9. Destination of the expedition\u003cbr\u003e 10. Author again upon terra firma\u003cbr\u003e 11. A detachment of the expedition proceeds to Berbische\u003cbr\u003e 12. Barbadoes the metropolis of the West Indies\u003cbr\u003e 13. Terms of capitulation of the colonies of the coast of Guiana\u003cbr\u003e 14. The author is left in the colonies of Guiana, instead of proceeding to St. Domingo\u003cbr\u003e 15. Bush Negroes in the woods of Guiana\u003cbr\u003e 16. Description of house and furniture occupied by the medical staff at La Bourgade\u003cbr\u003e 17. Author's duties lead him to the colony of Berbische\u003cbr\u003e 18. Author embarks on board a commissariat sloop to proceed from Demarara to Berbische\u003cbr\u003e 19. Situation of Fort St. Andrew\u003cbr\u003e 20. A Dutch 'vendue' of slaves\u003cbr\u003e 21. Politeness and hospitality of Governor Van Battenburg towards the author\u003cbr\u003e 22. News reaches Berbische of the capture of the island of St. Lucia\u003cbr\u003e 23. Indolence and visionary difficulties often the bane of our gratification.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913084002584,"sku":"9781108024266","price":34.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108024266i.jpg?v=1694869791","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/notes-on-the-west-indies-written-during-the-expedition-under-the-command-of-the-late-general-sir-ralph-abercromby-paperback-9781108024266","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}