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When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?
You, know I was thinking about this, and I realised something. They never did. They just worked out what the problem was, fixed that, and moved where they wanted.- Word Count: 30
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When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?
I would have thought a major element being the understanding of germs, enough to start seeing why it might be a problem. It wasn't fully accepted until 1880. So, before that, they wouldn't have been sure why there was a problem. So, there would have been a "It just wasn't done right, last...- Word Count: 58
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