Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... I had before observed . " That the actual landing was at or near the present port of Nuevitas seems to be generally accepted . Columbus appears to have been greatly impressed by the beauty of the island . In his Life OLD CUBA 3.
... I had before observed . " That the actual landing was at or near the present port of Nuevitas seems to be generally accepted . Columbus appears to have been greatly impressed by the beauty of the island . In his Life OLD CUBA 3.
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... present day , " says Washington Irving , " will smile at this embassy to a naked savage chieftain in the interior of Cuba , in mistake for an Asiatic monarch ; but such was the singular nature of this voyage , a continual series of ...
... present day , " says Washington Irving , " will smile at this embassy to a naked savage chieftain in the interior of Cuba , in mistake for an Asiatic monarch ; but such was the singular nature of this voyage , a continual series of ...
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... . The season was ad- vancing ; the cool nights gave hints of approaching winter ; he resolved , therefore , not to proceed farther to the north , nor to linger about uncivilized places which , at present , he had not the 6 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... . The season was ad- vancing ; the cool nights gave hints of approaching winter ; he resolved , therefore , not to proceed farther to the north , nor to linger about uncivilized places which , at present , he had not the 6 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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Albert Gardner Robinson. places which , at present , he had not the means of colonizing , but to return to the east - south - east , in quest of Babeque , which he trusted might prove some rich and civilized island on the coast of Asia ...
Albert Gardner Robinson. places which , at present , he had not the means of colonizing , but to return to the east - south - east , in quest of Babeque , which he trusted might prove some rich and civilized island on the coast of Asia ...
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... present , but the account of this oration , delivered prior to the arrival of the Spanish invaders , is clearly open to a suspicion that it may be more or less imaginary . But the historian continues : " Upon this he took a Box full of ...
... present , but the account of this oration , delivered prior to the arrival of the Spanish invaders , is clearly open to a suspicion that it may be more or less imaginary . But the historian continues : " Upon this he took a Box full of ...
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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