Empire'S Crossroads Hb Nigel and special interests trumping science

and special interests trumping science

there is no home to return to

"Hannah Hippo's New Helper"

Rose was always where the action was

and a winner

Empire'S Crossroads Hb Nigel and special interests trumping scienceIn October 1492, an Italian born, Spanish funded navigator discovered a new world, thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean. In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson, unfolds the story of the Caribbean from Columbus's first landing on the island he named San Salvador to today's islands largely independent, but often still in thrall to Europe and America's insatiable desire for tropical luxuries. From the early years of settlement to the age of sugar