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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