{"product_id":"notes-on-the-west-indies-written-during-the-expedition-under-the-command-of-the-late-general-sir-ralph-abercromby-paperback-9781108024273","title":"Notes on the West Indies; Written during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108024273","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\"\u003e9781108024273, 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\"\u003e482 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.7 x 14 cm, 0.61 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. In Volume 3 he continues his description of Dutch Guiana, which had been captured by the British. He gives detailed descriptions of illness among the troops, comparing the Dutch and British medical practices. As several of the medical staff had died, Pinckard was kept extremely busy, while continuing to make observations on all he saw. Surviving an attack of yellow fever, he describes his own symptoms at length. In Guiana he witnessed exceptional cruelty towards slaves, concerning which he gives graphic details, and also the unequal treatment of mulattos. He ends the book with the arrival of his long-delayed orders to proceed to St Domingo (Haiti).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Author apprehensive of having wearied his friend with the detail of his river excursion\u003cbr\u003e 2. Captain Maxwell and the author make an excursion to Mynheer Roboloski's\u003cbr\u003e 3. Medical discussions promoted by Governor an Battenburg\u003cbr\u003e 4. Author apprehensive lest his unanswered notes should provoke feelings of repentance in his friend\u003cbr\u003e 5. Author suddenly recalled to the colony of Demarara on account of increased sickness among the troops\u003cbr\u003e 6. Author called from La Bourgade to Mahaica, on account of the prevailing sickness among the troops\u003cbr\u003e 7. Barbarous murder of a slave\u003cbr\u003e 8. Troops sickly\u003cbr\u003e 9. Visit to Major Prauel's\u003cbr\u003e 10. Author addresses his friend by means of some officers returning to England\u003cbr\u003e 11. Delayed departure of officers returning to England\u003cbr\u003e 12. The author narrowly escapes falling a victim to 'yellow fever', considers himself initiated, and free of the West Indies\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hospitality and friendly attentions of the colonists towards the author\u003cbr\u003e 14. News from England implies a wide spreading war, and a transformation of the coalition against France\u003cbr\u003e 15. Author receives letters from England\u003cbr\u003e 16. South American Rangers go into barracks near the hospital\u003cbr\u003e 17. Christmas weather in Guiana\u003cbr\u003e 18. Author again visits Mynheeer Bercheych\u003cbr\u003e 19. Author addresses his friend on returning from the burial of a comrade\u003cbr\u003e 20. Coincidence of fever and the spring tides\u003cbr\u003e 21. Attack of the Spaniards from Oronoko\u003cbr\u003e 22. Fatal effects of misconduct under prosperity\u003cbr\u003e 23. Author accompanies a party upon an interesting excursion up the river Demarara\u003cbr\u003e 24. The author's horse a victim to the climate\u003cbr\u003e 25. Celebration of the Stadtholder's birth-day\u003cbr\u003e 26. Little things sometimes made important\u003cbr\u003e 27. Author addresses his friend on the anniversary of his arrival in Guiana\u003cbr\u003e 28. Author transcribes for his friend some notes on the general subject of the colonies\u003cbr\u003e 29. Concerning the seasoning, or yellow fever\u003cbr\u003e 30. The commandant receives final instructions for the author to proceed to St. Domingo\u003cbr\u003e 31. Author's adieu.\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":45913317081368,"sku":"9781108024273","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108024273i.jpg?v=1694869816","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-9781108024273","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}