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Caribbean & the Bahamas , 6th (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan) | 
 enlarge | Author: James Henderson
Publisher: Cadogan Guides
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1069494
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th
Pages: 918
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 1860112129
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.290453
EAN: 9781860112126
ASIN: 1860112129
Publication Date: October 1, 2005
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Pithy and enthralling tome December 14, 2008
Trip Like I Do (USA)
For travelers and pirate enthusiasts, there's some really good, well-written and thorough historical, cultural and zoological depiction of all the scattered islands. I envy Jim Henderson because he has traveled them all, and I'm thankful he's gone to this much effort to document his experiences and anecdotes in vivid detail.
"Charlotte Amalie is a classically pretty Caribbean town -- red roofs and bursts of palm fronds that scatter the hillsides around a bay and steep alleys that lead down to the harbour. The warehouses on the waterfront are doing a roaring trade as they have on and off for over 300 years. Even in 1700, Pere Labat, the roving Dominican monk and self-confessed gastronome from Martinique, found silks from India and gold-embroidered Arabian muslin cloth. It was all off-loaded by pirates who stopped in port to spend their loot before heading seawards again for more 'cruize and plunder'...
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