Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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Albert Gardner Robinson. MALIN CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OLD CUBA II . NEW CUBA III . THE COUNTRY IV . THE OLD HAVANA V. THE NEW HAVANA • VI . AROUND THE ISLAND VII . AROUND THE ISLAND ( Continued ) VIII . THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA IX . CUBA'S ...
Albert Gardner Robinson. MALIN CONTENTS CHAPTER I. OLD CUBA II . NEW CUBA III . THE COUNTRY IV . THE OLD HAVANA V. THE NEW HAVANA • VI . AROUND THE ISLAND VII . AROUND THE ISLAND ( Continued ) VIII . THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA IX . CUBA'S ...
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... Cuba , and entered a beautiful estuary , clear of rocks and other dangers . The mouth of the estuary had twelve fathoms depth , and it was wide enough for a ship to work into . " Students have disagreed regarding the first Cuban port ...
... Cuba , and entered a beautiful estuary , clear of rocks and other dangers . The mouth of the estuary had twelve fathoms depth , and it was wide enough for a ship to work into . " Students have disagreed regarding the first Cuban port ...
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... Cuba broke upon him like an elysium . " It is the most beautiful island , " he says , " that ever eyes beheld , full of excellent ports and pro- found rivers . " A little discount must be made on such a statement . Granting all that is ...
... Cuba broke upon him like an elysium . " It is the most beautiful island , " he says , " that ever eyes beheld , full of excellent ports and pro- found rivers . " A little discount must be made on such a statement . Granting all that is ...
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... Cuba was only an island was determined by Sebastian de Ocampo who sailed around it in 1508. Baron Humboldt , who visited Cuba in 1801 and again in 1825 , and wrote learnedly about it , states that " the first settlement of the whites ...
... Cuba was only an island was determined by Sebastian de Ocampo who sailed around it in 1508. Baron Humboldt , who visited Cuba in 1801 and again in 1825 , and wrote learnedly about it , states that " the first settlement of the whites ...
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... Cuba and from Mexico , to what is now territory of the United States , pro- duced no permanent results . No gold was found . Of the inhabitants of Cuba , as found by the Spaniards , comparatively little is recorded . They seem to have ...
... Cuba and from Mexico , to what is now territory of the United States , pro- duced no permanent results . No gold was found . Of the inhabitants of Cuba , as found by the Spaniards , comparatively little is recorded . They seem to have ...
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