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

    Many areas of Colombia and especially Venezuela still have a tropical climate. Also, Cuba is fully tropical and is white majority.
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    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    Puerto Rico is relatively white because of a lot of Canarian settlement in the late 17th century and the 18th century and Catholic European immigration in the 19th century.
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    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    There was successful Spanish and Portuguese settlement in the tropics.
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