Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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Albert Gardner Robinson. His record of the landing place is obscure . It is known that he sailed some leagues beyond it , to the westward . While on board his caravel , on his homeward voyage , he wrote a letter to his friend , Don ...
Albert Gardner Robinson. His record of the landing place is obscure . It is known that he sailed some leagues beyond it , to the westward . While on board his caravel , on his homeward voyage , he wrote a letter to his friend , Don ...
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... known how to relate it . " Columbus made no settlement in Cuba ; his part extends only to the discovery . On his second expe- dition , in the spring of 1494 , he visited and ex- • plored the south coast as far west as the Isle OLD CUBA 7.
... known how to relate it . " Columbus made no settlement in Cuba ; his part extends only to the discovery . On his second expe- dition , in the spring of 1494 , he visited and ex- • plored the south coast as far west as the Isle OLD CUBA 7.
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... known of their numbers . Some historians state that , in the days of Columbus , the island had a million inhabitants , but this is obviously little if anything more than a rough guess . Humboldt makes the following comment : " No means ...
... known of their numbers . Some historians state that , in the days of Columbus , the island had a million inhabitants , but this is obviously little if anything more than a rough guess . Humboldt makes the following comment : " No means ...
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... known in Cuba as the " Immortal Saco . " In a letter written to a friend , in 1846 , he says , " The tyranny of our mother - country , today most acute , will have this result that within a period of time not very remote the Cubans will ...
... known in Cuba as the " Immortal Saco . " In a letter written to a friend , in 1846 , he says , " The tyranny of our mother - country , today most acute , will have this result that within a period of time not very remote the Cubans will ...
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... weak mind , were joined to an uncommon stubbornness of character . Another , Mr. M. M. Ballou , says that " probably of all the governors - general that have filled the post in Cuba none is better known abroad , or has 32 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
... weak mind , were joined to an uncommon stubbornness of character . Another , Mr. M. M. Ballou , says that " probably of all the governors - general that have filled the post in Cuba none is better known abroad , or has 32 CUBA OLD AND NEW.
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Page 129 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers.
Page 133 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question — Does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question In.
Page 127 - These islands, from their local position are natural appendages to the North American continent, and one of them (Cuba) almost in sight of our shores, from a multitude of considerations has become an object of transcendent importance to the commercial and political interests of our Union.
Page 178 - As I said in my message of last December, it was not civilized warfare; it was extermination. The only peace it could beget was that of the wilderness and the grave.
Page 158 - While conscious that the insurrection in Cuba has shown a strength and endurance which make it at least doubtful whether it be in the power of Spain to subdue it, it seems unquestionable that no such civil organization exists which may be recognized as an independent government capable of performing its international obligations and entitled to be treated as one of the powers of the earth.
Page 149 - I call upon every officer of this government, civil or military, to use all efforts in his power to arrest, for trial and punishment, every such offender against the laws providing for the performance of our sacred obligations to friendly powers.
Page 119 - Is taxable under section 4262 (a) (2) as transportation from one port in the United States to another port In the United States. (c) Northern portion of the Western Hemisphere.
Page 242 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said Island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the Island to its people.
Page 7 - ... of various forms, the highest and most beautiful that I have met with, and an infinity of other great and green trees ; the birds in rich plumage, and the verdure of the fields, render this country, most serene princes, of such marvellous beauty, that it surpasses all others in charms and graces, as the day doth the night in lustre.
Page 219 - They beheld several of the natives going about with firebrands in their hands, and certain dried herbs which they rolled up in a leaf, and lighting one end, put the other in their mouths, and continued exhaling aud puffing out the smoke. A roll of this kind they called a tobacco, a name since transferred to the plant of which the rolls were made.