West Indies and the Spanish Main


In The West Indies and the Spanish Main, Anthony Trollope recounts his experiences traveling around the area of what is now known as the Caribbean and Central America. Some of the places he describes are Jamaica, Cuba, the Windward Islands (modern-day Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), British Guiana (modern-day Guyana), Trinidad, St. Thomas (now one of the U.S. Virgin Islands), and New Grenada (modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela).

Please note that the text includes the use of racial slurs that modern readers may find offensive. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn (13 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Chapter 1: Introductory 18:15
Chapter 2: Jamaica - Town 22:49
Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 1 30:00
Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 2 21:21
Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 3 21:43
Chapter 4: Jamaica - Black Men, Part 1 21:27
Chapter 4: Jamaica - Black Men, Part 2 23:12
Chapter 5: Jamaica - Coloured Men, Part 1 22:54
Chapter 5: Jamaica - Coloured Men, Part 2 17:40
Chapter 6: Jamaica - White Men 28:02
Chapter 7: Jamaica - Sugar 22:00
Chapter 8: Jamaica - Emperor Soulouque 10:09
Chapter 9: Jamaica - Government 20:47
Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 1 16:24
Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 2 17:24
Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 3 18:21
Chapter 11: The Passage of the Windward Islands 26:34
Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 1 24:11
Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 2 21:50
Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 3 26:41
Chapter 13: Barbados 29:54
Chapter 14: Trinidad, Part 1 17:57
Chapter 14: Trinidad, Part 2 17:24
Chapter 15: St. Thomas 13:57
Chapter 16: New Granada, and the Isthmus of Panamá 25:42
Chapter 17: Central America. Panamá to San José, Part 1 15:36
Chapter 17: Central America. Panamá to San José, Part 2 15:45
Chapter 18: Central America. Costa Rica - San José, Part 1 18:56
Chapter 18: Central America. Costa Rica - San José, Part 2 16:20
Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 1 17:43
Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 2 14:27
Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 3 14:36
Chapter 20: Central America. San José to Greytown, Part 1 19:20
Chapter 20: Central America. San José to Greytown, Part 2 16:53
Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 1 23:05
Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 2 23:40
Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 3 19:00
Chapter 22: The Bermudas, Part 1 19:08
Chapter 22: The Bermudas, Part 2 22:51
Chapter 23: Conclusion 13:41