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"Places" within the American Tropics

That is, topoi that can be found in the writing of the area.  Significant examples to be added, with brief illustrative quotations.  Either short references (name and title) to items in the Bibliography, or full references.  These topoi will form one of the grounds for comparison between our different places.

The Great House

The Traveller’s Hotel

The Pleasant Place (the classical locus amœnus)

The Map

The Slave Hut

The Mine

The Crop Grounds

The Graveyard

The Market

The Camp

The Yard

The Mangrove Swamp

The Hills and Mountains (Mornes)

The Rainforest

The Sea

The Port

The Asylum / Mental Hospital