The West Indies and the Spanish Main


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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 (13 hr 27 min)

Chapters

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