Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... extensive commerce . Cruising in search of what he believed to be the eastern coast of Asia , he sighted the shore of Cuba on the morning of October 28 , 1492 . His journal , under date of October 24 , states : " At midnight I tripped ...
... extensive commerce . Cruising in search of what he believed to be the eastern coast of Asia , he sighted the shore of Cuba on the morning of October 28 , 1492 . His journal , under date of October 24 , states : " At midnight I tripped ...
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... extensive , states that " the position of the free negroes in Cuba is much better than it is elsewhere , even among those nations which have for ages flattered themselves as being most ad- vanced in civilization . " The movement for the ...
... extensive , states that " the position of the free negroes in Cuba is much better than it is elsewhere , even among those nations which have for ages flattered themselves as being most ad- vanced in civilization . " The movement for the ...
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... extensive coffee plantations . During the first hundred and fifty years of Cuba's history , the principal industry of the island was cattle raising , aside from the domestic industry of food supply . The proprietors lived , usually , in ...
... extensive coffee plantations . During the first hundred and fifty years of Cuba's history , the principal industry of the island was cattle raising , aside from the domestic industry of food supply . The proprietors lived , usually , in ...
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... extensive and ruinous contraband . " Under such conditions as those existing in Cuba , from its beginning practically until the establishment of its political independence , industrial development and commercial expansion are more than ...
... extensive and ruinous contraband . " Under such conditions as those existing in Cuba , from its beginning practically until the establishment of its political independence , industrial development and commercial expansion are more than ...
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... especially along the coasts , with many interior valleys . Puerto Principe ( now Camaguey ) and Santa Clara are broken regions of low mountain relief , diversified by extensive valleys . Matanzas and Havana 40 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... especially along the coasts , with many interior valleys . Puerto Principe ( now Camaguey ) and Santa Clara are broken regions of low mountain relief , diversified by extensive valleys . Matanzas and Havana 40 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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activities American appears army Baracoa beautiful became called Camaguey cane Cape Maisi cargo Century charm cigar coast coffee colonies Columbus commercial Constitution Cuba's Cuban declared eastern eastward enterprise expedition experience exports filibustering Guanajay harbor Hatuey Havana Province hills hundred immediately important independence industry interest island of Cuba Isle of Pines known land later laws less Liberal Maceo Marianao Marti Martinez Campos Matanzas Matanzas Province Maximo Gomez ment Mexico miles military Morro Nipe Bay notable Nuevitas O'Brien official old city operation organization Palma party Pinar del Rio plant plantations Platt Amendment political port Porto Rico Prado present President production railway reached regarded region Republic revolution sailed Santa Clara Santiago ship shore Spain Spaniards Spanish authorities steamer story streets sugar Tacon tion tobacco tons trade treaty United Vedado vessels vicinity Vuelta Abajo Weyler