Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... hundred soldiers , with four vessels . Hatuey deserves attention . His name is not in- frequently seen in Cuba today , but it is probable that few visitors know whether it refers to a man , a bird , or a vegetable . He was the first ...
... hundred soldiers , with four vessels . Hatuey deserves attention . His name is not in- frequently seen in Cuba today , but it is probable that few visitors know whether it refers to a man , a bird , or a vegetable . He was the first ...
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... hundred years later , the Cuban Government named a gunboat Hatuey , in his honor . The Velasquez expedition , in the following year , founded Baracoa , now a small city on the northern coast near the eastern extremity of the island . It ...
... hundred years later , the Cuban Government named a gunboat Hatuey , in his honor . The Velasquez expedition , in the following year , founded Baracoa , now a small city on the northern coast near the eastern extremity of the island . It ...
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... hundred freebooters . They landed in Florida , where almost the entire band was , very properly , destroyed by the Indians . In 1539 , de Soto sailed from Havana , with five hundred and seventy men and two hundred and twenty - three ...
... hundred freebooters . They landed in Florida , where almost the entire band was , very properly , destroyed by the Indians . In 1539 , de Soto sailed from Havana , with five hundred and seventy men and two hundred and twenty - three ...
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... hundred and fifty years of Cuba's history , the city of Havana appears as the special centre of interest . There was growth in other sections , but it was slow , for reasons that will be explained elsewhere . In 1538 , Havana was ...
... hundred and fifty years of Cuba's history , the city of Havana appears as the special centre of interest . There was growth in other sections , but it was slow , for reasons that will be explained elsewhere . In 1538 , Havana was ...
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... hundred and fifty years . The population increased slowly and industry lagged . For this , Spain's colonial policy was responsible . But it was the policy of the time , carried out more or less effectively by all na- tions having ...
... hundred and fifty years . The population increased slowly and industry lagged . For this , Spain's colonial policy was responsible . But it was the policy of the time , carried out more or less effectively by all na- tions having ...
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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