LA MAGDALENA

The Story of Tobago 1498-1898

By David Phillips

The above named title, a most excellent history of Tobago, provides the reader with riveting details of the discovery and colonization of the island,

together with the various Acts and machinations necessary to administrate this unique and beautiful colony.

The author David Phillips, now deceased, worked in Colonial Banking in the Caribbean and Tobago in particular and began researching the island's history in 1975. Chairman of The Tobago Trust (creators of the Tobago Museum), he lived in retirement on the island he loved. His family runs the successful business Island Investments, from whom this excellent tome of 400 pages can be obtained.

For a factual account of the owners of the plantations and the numbers of their slaves, the various governors, accounts of the wars, skirmishes, and the politics behind the numerous decisions taken by the plantocracy and the Crown, the formation of the Assembly and the Parliamentary and governing bodies, details of yearly productions and several visitors' accounts, David Phillips has left the lovers of history a masterpiece of good writing and historical data.

A collector of antique charts of the island and books related to the history of the Caribbean, he has provided us with a thorough understanding of the history of the place names you'll encounter as you traverse the island and much, much more besides!

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