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June 21, 2005

Hurricane Season in the Colonies

Hurricanes were all but unknown to the just-arriving British Greater Caribbean colonists in the seventeenth century. They would quickly find out how much damage a Big Blower could do to their farms. (From Business History Review.)

Jun 21, 2005 10:38:57 AM | Hurricanes
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