Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... period is Bartolome Las Casas , Bishop of Chiapa . He appears to have been a man of great worth , a very tender heart , and an imagination fully as vivid as that of Columbus . His sympathies were aroused by the tales of the exceeding ...
... period is Bartolome Las Casas , Bishop of Chiapa . He appears to have been a man of great worth , a very tender heart , and an imagination fully as vivid as that of Columbus . His sympathies were aroused by the tales of the exceeding ...
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... period , 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.
... period , 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.
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... period , gives the total as a little less than 500,000 . The exact number is not important . The institution on a large scale , in its relation to the total number of whites , was a fact . It is , of course , quite impossible even today ...
... period , gives the total as a little less than 500,000 . The exact number is not important . The institution on a large scale , in its relation to the total number of whites , was a fact . It is , of course , quite impossible even today ...
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... period . Despite these precautions , the city was repeatedly attacked by pirates and privateers . Some reference to these experiences will be made in a special chapter on the city . The slow progress of the island is shown by the fact ...
... period . Despite these precautions , the city was repeatedly attacked by pirates and privateers . Some reference to these experiences will be made in a special chapter on the city . The slow progress of the island is shown by the fact ...
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... periods , the system was modified to the extent of special trade licences , and , occasionally , by international treaties . But the general system of trade restriction was maintained throughout all of Spain's colonial experi- ence ...
... periods , the system was modified to the extent of special trade licences , and , occasionally , by international treaties . But the general system of trade restriction was maintained throughout all of Spain's colonial experi- ence ...
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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 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 River 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
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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.