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  1. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Can't decide if elaborate counter-trolling or merely stupid...
  2. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Ok, dude, you probably know my intentions better than I do. :ROFLMAO: 😂
  3. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Um, it is a joke...;) Since Farthing sounds like Farthing. :)
  4. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Fart-ings. Do the Loicense obsessed people have a standardized fart they measure stuff by?
  5. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    No, my rule is "I don't give a shirt about farenheit" or whatever you are using.
  6. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Yes, and even in such awful climates people live because either population pressure or monetary incentive has forced them to live there, sometimes temporarily, sometimes for generations, although there is something to be said about stubbornness in the latter case. Your point is?
  7. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Google "coldest village on the planet" then convert into weird Murika units.
  8. Agent23

    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    A bunch of pretty enticing bits of real estate were IIRC in the tropics, so the various European and other colonial powers had a lot of incentive to try and get a foothold. For instance the Sugar Islands of the Caribbean were worth more in revenue from that crop and its byproducts than was the...
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