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Title Transatlantic Sketches, Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in North and South America, and the West Indies. With Notes on Negro Slavery and Canadian Emigration
Author Alexander, Sir James Edward (1803-1885)
Date 1833
Document Type Printed Book
Publisher Information Philadelphia: Key and Biddle
Reference G845.A376.T833(v1&v2)
BIB ID 480693
Library / Archive American Antiquarian Society
Collection Name Additions
Description Volume one of two. Travelogue of Captain J E Alexander's trip to South America, the West Indies, and North America. Volume one focusses on the author's journey to the Caribbean and his travels around the region, visiting several destinations including British Guiana (Guyana), Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba and Jamaica.
Theme(s) Onward Travel
Places London, England; Guyana; Barbados; Trinidad; Havana; Cuba; Jamaica; West Indies; Grenada; Tobago; Brazil
Keywords travel, tourism, colony, indigenous people, slavery, trade, culture
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Language English
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