Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... called the island Juana , in honor of Prince Juan , taking possession " in the name of Christ , Our Lady , and the reigning Sov- ereigns of Spain . " His record of the landing place is obscure . It 2 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... called the island Juana , in honor of Prince Juan , taking possession " in the name of Christ , Our Lady , and the reigning Sov- ereigns of Spain . " His record of the landing place is obscure . It 2 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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... with contradictions . " Forty years or so later the Domin- ican friar , Luis Bertram , on his return to Spain , predicted that " the 200,000 Indians now in the island of Cuba , will perish , victims to the cruelty 14 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... with contradictions . " Forty years or so later the Domin- ican friar , Luis Bertram , on his return to Spain , predicted that " the 200,000 Indians now in the island of Cuba , will perish , victims to the cruelty 14 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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... Spain was a party . Various acts in the same direction appear in the next fifty years . The Moret law , enacted in 1870 by the Spanish Cortes , provided for gradual abolition in Spain's dominions , and a law of 1880 , one of the results ...
... Spain was a party . Various acts in the same direction appear in the next fifty years . The Moret law , enacted in 1870 by the Spanish Cortes , provided for gradual abolition in Spain's dominions , and a law of 1880 , one of the results ...
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... commercial scale , was an experience of later years . The reason for this will be found in the mis- taken colonial policy of Spain , a policy the applica- tion of which , in a far milder manner , OLD CUBA 17 CHAPTER OLD CUBA.
... commercial scale , was an experience of later years . The reason for this will be found in the mis- taken colonial policy of Spain , a policy the applica- tion of which , in a far milder manner , OLD CUBA 17 CHAPTER OLD CUBA.
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... Hemisphere , and which , in the first quarter of the 19th Century , cost Spain all of its possessions in this half of the world , with the exception of Cuba and Porto Rico . W II NEW CUBA HILE there is no point in 18 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... Hemisphere , and which , in the first quarter of the 19th Century , cost Spain all of its possessions in this half of the world , with the exception of Cuba and Porto Rico . W II NEW CUBA HILE there is no point in 18 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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