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

    Anybody have a more refined idea of the timelines of advances of awareness?
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    When did people figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands?

    When did Europeans and North Americans figure out that the tropics were a death trap for settlers from temperate lands, due to the high prevalence of tropical disease and extra vulnerability of people who didn't have multi-generational exposure and childhood exposure to such diseases...
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