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Founded Upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their People |  | Authors: Michael Craton, The New History Committee
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 776796
Media: Paperback
Pages: 544
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0972935827
EAN: 9780972935821
ASIN: 0972935827
Publication Date: November 30, 2003
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Product Description
This book is the first comprehensive history of the Cayman Islands. Researched and written by the noted Caribbean Historian Michael Craton and the Cayman Islands New History Committee, it explores in detail the social, economic and political history of all three islands. Researched, written edited and designed over a 6-year period, this book is in several respects a national history. The text and illustrations encompass the most important subjects, facts and events in Cayman History and its analysis of the main currents in Cayman's past is addressed to the reader from a standpoint that is simultaneously modern, scholarly and Caymanian. Based on a wealth of information drawn from archives and libraries in the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the text is illustrated with rare maps, facsimile documents and numerous historical photographs.
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 lovely, detailed book March 5, 2009
A. Russell (Durham, NC United States)
great in depth history of cayman. wonderful gift for those who vacation / live there
MORE than you might want to know April 21, 2008
G. T. Orwick (Denver, CO USA)
This is a VERY detailed account of the history of the Cayman Islands, which helps explain many of the locations, customs, and names on the islands. It is fascinating if you've been to, or are going to, the Caymans. It helps put what you experience into context.
 Very much a history March 4, 2008
Susan Gerbic-Forsyth (Salinas, CA)
Just finished the book, after visiting Grand Cayman in January for a company meeting I wanted to find out more about the history of this remote island. I think the author did a wonderful job explaining the history in detail. That is one problem that made me uncomfortable when reading, for someone from the islands this book would be a wonderful read mentioning all past persons that were apart of the history, but from my perspective there were just too many names, dates and detail. The maps and pictures were wonderful! But I miss having modern maps of the area so I can relate to where things are. Where is the Miskito Coast and how far is Nicaragua? Tables with graphs would have been a lot easier to understand when discussing migration patterns, not sure if numbers discussed related to other numbers.
Would like to have seen more discussion on the weather and how buildings had changed with hurricane threats. Do they have safe places to go when the alarm sounds? Only a small picture of Hell and no discussion of the place.
So I felt I learned a lot about the islands and their peoples, but from a California perspective (never being in the Caribbean before) I was really lost as to where things are located in respect to each other.
This book is a great reference (badly needed) with a discussion of slavery and emancipation in the Caribbean.
Nothing out there more definitive & readable February 28, 2004
JQA (Herndon, Virginia United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been visiting the Cayman Islands regularly for over 25 years. I have read every one of the very few books I could find on the history of the Islands and when I heard that this book was coming out I was very eager to read it. It did not disappoint. It is exhaustively informative, yet entertaining to read. The illustrations, maps and photos are excellent and truly add to the experience. While at first glance one might mistake it for a textbook, it does not read like one. If you want to know and understand the events, influences, and people of these Islands, or are interested in the unbelievable transformation that these Islands have undergone, I assure you that there is no other book out there that covers these topics as well as this book does.
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