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It used to be common in southern Europe as well and was an absolute scourge in SEA until the 20th century.
by Quarrel 5y ago
It used to be common in southern Europe as well and was an absolute scourge in SEA until the 20th century.
- Biologist123 5y agoNot just Southern Europe. Oliver Cromwell (English ruler in 1600s) died of malaria.
- Quarrel 5y agoThat's awesome trivia!
- havernator 5y agoMalaria in North America and England is covered pretty well in Mann’s 1493. There are a couple kinds of malaria, one more resistant to cold than the other. No doubt the indigenous Americans had it bad, to put it mildly, but reading the accounts of early colonization efforts in that book, I mean, damn. Wave after wave of colonists, each losing 50+% in the first year (and it’s not like the survivors stopped dying then). For years on end, across multiple colonies. Mostly to disease.