Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... colonies . England wrote it particu- larly into her Navigation Acts of 1651 , 1660 , and 1663 , and supported it by later Acts . While not rigorously enforced , and frequently evaded by the American colonists , the system at last proved ...
... colonies . England wrote it particu- larly into her Navigation Acts of 1651 , 1660 , and 1663 , and supported it by later Acts . While not rigorously enforced , and frequently evaded by the American colonists , the system at last proved ...
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... colonies was granted to the port of Seville . This monopoly was transferred to the port of Cadiz in 1717 , but it continued , in somewhat modified form in later years , until Spain had no colonies left . While Santiago was the capital ...
... colonies was granted to the port of Seville . This monopoly was transferred to the port of Cadiz in 1717 , but it continued , in somewhat modified form in later years , until Spain had no colonies left . While Santiago was the capital ...
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... colonies . A new plan was adopted in 1818. Under that , Spain sought to hold the trade of Cuba and Porto Rico by tariffs so highly favorable to merchandise from the mother - country as to be effectively prohibitive with regard to many ...
... colonies . A new plan was adopted in 1818. Under that , Spain sought to hold the trade of Cuba and Porto Rico by tariffs so highly favorable to merchandise from the mother - country as to be effectively prohibitive with regard to many ...
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... colonies , and only fragmentary records between 1776 and 1789. The more elaborate records of 1789 and following years show shipments of fish , whale oil , spermaceti candles , lumber , staves and heading , and other articles to the ...
... colonies , and only fragmentary records between 1776 and 1789. The more elaborate records of 1789 and following years show shipments of fish , whale oil , spermaceti candles , lumber , staves and heading , and other articles to the ...
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... colonies . The world was learning new lessons , adopting new policies , in which the Spanish colonial system was a blunder the folly of which Spain did not even then fully realize . Yet from it all , by one means and another , Cuba ...
... colonies . The world was learning new lessons , adopting new policies , in which the Spanish colonial system was a blunder the folly of which Spain did not even then fully realize . Yet from it all , by one means and another , Cuba ...
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