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Volcanoes, pirates, and swimming pigs of the Caribbean basin
Embark on an extraordinary family journey through the shifting tectonic plates, sunken pirate ports, glowing bays, and rich linguistic puzzles of Central America and the Caribbean.
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by schopenhauer · Sep 15, 2026
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Chapter 1
Moving earth and rising waters
1The Great Blue Hole of Belize
2Dominica's boiling lake
3The Cocos and Caribbean plate collision
4Lake Nicaragua's freshwater sharks
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Chapter 2
Engineering the impossible
1The gravity-defying Panama Canal
2The sunken pirate city of Port Royal
3Ancient Mayan white highways
4The salt pans of Bonaire
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Chapter 3
Biogeography and evolutionary oddities
1The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef system
2The swimming pigs of Exuma
3The glowing bioluminescent bays of Puerto Rico
4Costa Rica's high-altitude cloud forests
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Chapter 4
The cultural geography of languages and borders
1The linguistic mosaic of Papiamento
2The divided island of Hispaniola
3The Garifuna maritime migration
4The geopolitical puzzle of San Andrés
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