The West Indies are known as a…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

The West Indies are known as a particularly dangerous posting for soldiers in Colonial times and during the Napoleonic Wars, due to yellow fever being endemic in the area.

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The Bahamas View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View → Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → Jamaica (English Colony) View → Saint Domingue, French Colony of View → Santo Domingo (Spanish Colony) View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View → Jamaica (British Colony) View → The Bahamas, British Crown Colony of View → Santo Domingo (French Colony) View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View → Santo Domingo (Haitian-occupied) View →

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Colonization of the Americas, English View → Colonization of the Americas, British View →

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Public health View →

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