History Of Trinidad 1781 To 1813

Author : Lionel Mordaunt Fraser
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ISBN 13 : 9781330853085
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book History of Trinidad, Vol. 1 written by Lionel Mordaunt Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Trinidad, Vol. 1: From 1781 Ti 1813 Although nearly a century has elapsed since Don Jose Maria Chacon, the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad, capitulated to the British Naval and Military Forces under Harvey and Abercromby, but little was known until a comparatively recent date of an Island which should have had some interest for Englishmen in connexion with those rough sea dogs who were the Fathers of that magnificent Navy which, in these very days, has been admitted even by its rivals to be the first in the world. That Trinidad should have so sunk into oblivion - except, perhaps, in mercantile circles - is due to many causes, which the reader of this work will have no difficulty in discovering; fortunately it was not always to be so. In 1868, under the firm and able government of Sir Arthur Gordon, a new era commenced for the Colony; old prejudices and antiquated ideas were dispelled, and a totally new policy was given room for development. Not only did wise and comprehensive measures promote this most welcome change from within, but an incident occurred in 1869 which considerably affected the Island from without. The late lamented Charles Kingsley spent the Christmas of that year in Trinidad, and it is to his charming, gossippy "At Last" that the Island is mainly indebted for that constant stream of visitors who yearly visit its shores. Kingsley has been accused of exaggeration in his description of what he saw, and that the charge is somewhat true can hardly be denied. But what of that? It was eminently characteristic of that genial, buoyant to admire always rather than to contemn, and to find "Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."