This books describes in great detail the greatest and deadliest hurricane of the Caribbean and the Americas. Well over 22,000 persons died in this storm.
For the last three years I had the opportunity to write and compile a comprehensive historical book called ‘The Great Hurricane of 1780.’ This book is based on this great storm’s impact on the Caribbean and North America. This storm remains the deadliest North Atlantic Hurricane on record killing over 22,000 persons, however some historians have put the death toll as high as 27,500. This storm was significant for the United States of America because this storm had a major impact on the outcome on the American War of Revolution. This storm occurred in the peak of the American War of Revolution so many ships of different nations were out at sea battling for control of the Caribbean and North America. Many of these ships were caught at sea during this storm not knowing a massive storm was approaching the Caribbean and thousands of persons perished onboard these ships, tipping the battle in the Americans favor. Had this storm not decimated the British fleet fighting this battle, the United States of America would have had still been under control of the British and not the independent USA we know today. This storm also devastated many islands in the Caribbean, including Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Eustatius and Barbados. It also goes into great details of how this storm impacted these Caribbean nations. This book is a must read.
The book is available from the publisher www.iuniverse.com, www.barnesandnoble.com and www.amazon.com and many other online and local bookstores throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. In the Bahamas, it is available at Logos Harbour Bay Shopping , Chapter One Bookstore opposite the College of the Bahamas and Cole Thompson Pharmacy Downtown.
Excerpt
The Great Hurricane of 1780, also known as Hurricane San Calixto II, is one of the most powerful and deadliest North Atlantic hurricanes on record. Often regarded as a cataclysmic hurricane, the storm's worst effects were experienced on October 10, 1780. In The Great Hurricane of 1780, author Wayne Neely chronicles the chaos and destruction it brought to the Caribbean. This storm was likely generated in the mid Atlantic, not far from the equator; it was first felt in Barbados, where just about every tree and house on the island was blown down. The storm passed through the Lesser Antilles and a small portion of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean between October 10 and October 16 of 1780. Because the storm hit several of the most populous islands in the Caribbean, the death toll was very high. The official death toll was approximately 22,000 people but some historians have put the death toll as high as 27,500. Specifics on the hurricane's track and strength are unclear since the official North Atlantic hurricane database only goes back as far as 1851. Even so, it is a fact that this hurricane had a tremendous impact on economies in the Caribbean and parts of North America, and perhaps also played a major role in the outcome of the American Revolution. This thoroughly researched history considers the intense storm and its aftermath, offering an exploration of an important historical weather event that has been neglected in previous study.
