Notes on the West Indies Pinckard Paperback Cambridge University Press Volume 1

Notes on the West IndiesWritten during the Expedition under the Command of the Late General Sir Ralph Abercromby\nAuthor(s): George Pinckard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108024259, 978-1108024259\nSynopsis\nGeorge Pinckard [tel] 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. He describes at length all that he saw, from the very beginning of his journey, with vivid portrayals of characters and experiences: for example, before departure he saw a sailor being flogged around the fleet for desertion. Arriving first in Barbados, he describes the island, its people and its wildlife. He visited a slave trader's ship, and he gives a very good report of the condition of the slaves (most of whom were teenagers), in sharp contrast to horrific accounts also in circulation. His der.