Publisher's Synopsis
"The Handbook gives a "descriptive sketch" of St. Vincent's Topography, Geology and Climate, with historical notes from 1498. It provides in chronological order, highlights of the years, with different aspects of the colony's history, providing some, like the volcanic eruptions of 1812 and 1902 and the English-"Carib" war of 1795-1796 in greater detail. This edition includes an updated introduction by a Vincentian academic"--.