The West Indies and the Spanish Main

Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882)

In The West Indies and the Spanish Main, Anthony Trollope recounts his experiences traveling around the area of what is now known as the Caribbean and Central America. Some of the places he describes are Jamaica, Cuba, the Windward Islands (modern-day Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), British Guiana (modern-day Guyana), Trinidad, St. Thomas (now one of the U.S. Virgin Islands), and New Grenada (modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela).

Please note that the text includes the use of racial slurs that modern readers may find offensive. - Summary by Elsie Selwyn

Genre(s): Travel & Geography

Language: English

Keyword(s): travel (288), travelogue (19), Cuba (18), panama (10), Central America (9), Jamaica (8), Caribbean (7), west indies (6), venezuela (5), Ecuador (4) ... [Show full list]

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Chapter 1: Introductory Larry Wilson
00:18:15
Play 02 Chapter 2: Jamaica - Town Cbteddy
00:22:49
Play 03 Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 1 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:30:00
Play 04 Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 2 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:21:21
Play 05 Chapter 3: Jamaica - Country, Part 3 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:21:43
Play 06 Chapter 4: Jamaica - Black Men, Part 1 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:21:27
Play 07 Chapter 4: Jamaica - Black Men, Part 2 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:23:12
Play 08 Chapter 5: Jamaica - Coloured Men, Part 1 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:22:54
Play 09 Chapter 5: Jamaica - Coloured Men, Part 2 Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:17:40
Play 10 Chapter 6: Jamaica - White Men Faith Abiola-Ellison
00:28:02
Play 11 Chapter 7: Jamaica - Sugar Ted Lienhart
00:22:00
Play 12 Chapter 8: Jamaica - Emperor Soulouque Ted Lienhart
00:10:09
Play 13 Chapter 9: Jamaica - Government Ted Lienhart
00:20:47
Play 14 Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 1 Bryan Applegate
00:16:24
Play 15 Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 2 Bryan Applegate
00:17:24
Play 16 Chapter 10: Cuba, Part 3 Bryan Applegate
00:18:21
Play 17 Chapter 11: The Passage of the Windward Islands Availle
00:26:34
Play 18 Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 1 jenno
00:24:11
Play 19 Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 2 jenno
00:21:50
Play 20 Chapter 12: British Guiana, Part 3 jenno
00:26:41
Play 21 Chapter 13: Barbados Bryan Applegate
00:29:54
Play 22 Chapter 14: Trinidad, Part 1 jenno
00:17:57
Play 23 Chapter 14: Trinidad, Part 2 jenno
00:17:24
Play 24 Chapter 15: St. Thomas BettyB
00:13:57
Play 25 Chapter 16: New Granada, and the Isthmus of Panamá BettyB
00:25:42
Play 26 Chapter 17: Central America. Panamá to San José, Part 1 mpinedag
00:15:36
Play 27 Chapter 17: Central America. Panamá to San José, Part 2 mpinedag
00:15:45
Play 28 Chapter 18: Central America. Costa Rica - San José, Part 1 Douglas Wood
00:18:56
Play 29 Chapter 18: Central America. Costa Rica - San José, Part 2 George Banfield
00:16:20
Play 30 Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 1 Ted Lienhart
00:17:43
Play 31 Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 2 Ted Lienhart
00:14:27
Play 32 Chapter 19: Central America. Costa Rica - Mount Irazu, Part 3 Ted Lienhart
00:14:36
Play 33 Chapter 20: Central America. San José to Greytown, Part 1 Nancy Gorgen
00:19:20
Play 34 Chapter 20: Central America. San José to Greytown, Part 2 Nancy Gorgen
00:16:53
Play 35 Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 1 jenno
00:23:05
Play 36 Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 2 jenno
00:23:40
Play 37 Chapter 21: Central America. Railways, Canals, and Transit, Part 3 jenno
00:19:00
Play 38 Chapter 22: The Bermudas, Part 1 Belinda Mc
00:19:08
Play 39 Chapter 22: The Bermudas, Part 2 Belinda Mc
00:22:51
Play 40 Chapter 23: Conclusion BettyB
00:13:41