Author: Oliver Lanard FassigPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Hurricanes of the West Indies
Author: Oliver Lanard FassigPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Practical Hints in Regard to West Indian Hurricanes
Author: Benito ViñesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
West Indian Hurricanes
Author: Edward Bennett GarriottPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
"This paper reviews the writings of the more prominent meteorologists of the nineteenth century, so far as they refer to the tropical storms of the North Atlantic, and presents a chronological list of West Indian storms for four hundred years"--Letter of transmittal
Hurricanes, Their Nature and History
Author: Ivan Ray TannehillPublisher:
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Category : Hurricanes
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Chronological Table of Cyclonic Hurricanes which have occurred in the West Indies and in the North Atlantic from 1493 to 1855; with a bibliographical list of authorities
Author: Andrés PoeyHurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624–1783
Author: Matthew MulcahyPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801898978
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
Hurricanes created unique challenges for the colonists in the British Greater Caribbean during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These storms were entirely new to European settlers and quickly became the most feared part of their physical environment, destroying staple crops and provisions, leveling plantations and towns, disrupting shipping and trade, and resulting in major economic losses for planters and widespread privation for slaves. In this study, Matthew Mulcahy examines how colonists made sense of hurricanes, how they recovered from them, and the role of the storms in shaping the development of the region's colonial settlements. Hurricanes and Society in the British Greater Caribbean, 1624–1783 provides a useful new perspective on several topics including colonial science, the plantation economy, slavery, and public and private charity. By integrating the West Indies into the larger story of British Atlantic colonization, Mulcahy's work contributes to early American history, Atlantic history, environmental history, and the growing field of disaster studies.
Observations on the Hurricanes and Storms of the West Indies and the Coast of the United States
Author: William C. RedfieldObservations on the Hurricanes and Storms of the West Indies
Author: William C. RedfieldThe Great Hurricane of 1780
Author: Wayne NeelyPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 147594926X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Hurricane San Calixto II, is one of the most powerful and deadliest North Atlantic hurricanes on record. Often regarded as a cataclysmic hurricane, the storm's worst effects were experienced on October 10, 1780. In The Great Hurricane of 1780, author Wayne Neely chronicles the chaos and destruction it brought to the Caribbean. This storm was likely generated in the mid Atlantic, not far from the equator; it was first felt in Barbados, where just about every tree and house on the island was blown down. The storm passed through the Lesser Antilles and a small portion of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean between October 10 and October 16 of 1780.Because the storm hit several of the most populous islands in the Caribbean, the death toll was very high. The official death toll was approximately 22,000 people but some historians have put the death toll as high as 27,500. Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unclear since the official North Atlantic hurricane database only goes back as far as 1851. Even so, it is a fact that this hurricane had a tremendous impact on economies in the Caribbean and parts of North America, and perhaps also played a major role in the outcome of the American Revolution. This thoroughly researched history considers the intense storm and its aftermath, offering an exploration of an important historical weather event that has been neglected in previous study.
Sea of Storms
Author: Stuart B. SchwartzPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691173605
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
A panoramic social history of hurricanes in the Caribbean The diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colonial rule. In this panoramic work of social history, Stuart Schwartz examines how Caribbean societies have responded to the dangers of hurricanes, and how these destructive storms have influenced the region's history, from the rise of plantations, to slavery and its abolition, to migrations, racial conflict, and war. Taking readers from the voyages of Columbus to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, Schwartz looks at the ethical, political, and economic challenges that hurricanes posed to the Caribbean’s indigenous populations and the different European peoples who ventured to the New World to exploit its riches. He describes how the United States provided the model for responding to environmental threats when it emerged as a major power and began to exert its influence over the Caribbean in the nineteenth century, and how the region’s governments came to assume greater responsibilities for prevention and relief, efforts that by the end of the twentieth century were being questioned by free-market neoliberals. Schwartz sheds light on catastrophes like Katrina by framing them within a long and contentious history of human interaction with the natural world. Spanning more than five centuries and drawing on extensive archival research in Europe and the Americas, Sea of Storms emphasizes the continuing role of race, social inequality, and economic ideology in the shaping of our responses to natural disaster.