Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... , was the point of departure for an important expedition . In 1517 , de Cordoba , with three vessels and 110 soldiers , was sent on an expedition to the west for further and more northerly exploration of the land 12 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... , was the point of departure for an important expedition . In 1517 , de Cordoba , with three vessels and 110 soldiers , was sent on an expedition to the west for further and more northerly exploration of the land 12 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
Page 24
... sent out at this time . Luis de Las Casas , who arrived in 1790 , is credited with much useful work . He improved roads and built bridges ; established schools and the Casa de Beneficencia , still among the leading institutions in ...
... sent out at this time . Luis de Las Casas , who arrived in 1790 , is credited with much useful work . He improved roads and built bridges ; established schools and the Casa de Beneficencia , still among the leading institutions in ...
Page 54
... sent to Porto Rico : in the summer of 1898 , and had set foot on Cuban soil at Daiquiri , but Havana in the morning light , on January 2 , 1899 , was my first real Cuban experience . It remains an ineffaceable one . memory . Of my ...
... sent to Porto Rico : in the summer of 1898 , and had set foot on Cuban soil at Daiquiri , but Havana in the morning light , on January 2 , 1899 , was my first real Cuban experience . It remains an ineffaceable one . memory . Of my ...
Page 108
... sent those horses , a Spaniard , by the way , might be doomed to ride them through all eternity under the saddles with which they were equipped . We were sorry enough for the poor brutes , but sorrier still for ourselves . For several ...
... sent those horses , a Spaniard , by the way , might be doomed to ride them through all eternity under the saddles with which they were equipped . We were sorry enough for the poor brutes , but sorrier still for ourselves . For several ...
Page 110
... sent them inland to deliver official letters of introduction to the gorgeous ruler of the country in which he thought he was . Different writers tell dif- ferent stories about the settlement of the place , but there is no doubt that it ...
... sent them inland to deliver official letters of introduction to the gorgeous ruler of the country in which he thought he was . Different writers tell dif- ferent stories about the settlement of the place , but there is no doubt that it ...
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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