Cuba, Old and NewLongmans, Green, and Company, 1915 - 264 pages |
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... thousand sorts , and birds of every variety . " Having landed at this indefinitely located point , Columbus , believing that he had reached the region he was seeking , despatched messengers to the in- terior to open communication with ...
... thousand sorts , and birds of every variety . " Having landed at this indefinitely located point , Columbus , believing that he had reached the region he was seeking , despatched messengers to the in- terior to open communication with ...
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... thousand miles distant ; and ac- cordingly we find the captain - general of Cuba in- vested with unlimited power . He is , in fact , a viceroy appointed by the crown of Spain , and ac- countable only to the reigning sovereign for his ...
... thousand miles distant ; and ac- cordingly we find the captain - general of Cuba in- vested with unlimited power . He is , in fact , a viceroy appointed by the crown of Spain , and ac- countable only to the reigning sovereign for his ...
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... thousand or more adjacent islands , islets , and keys , is given as 44,164 square miles , a little less than the area of Pennsyl- vania and a little more than that of Ohio or Ten- nessee . Illustration of its shape by some familiar ...
... thousand or more adjacent islands , islets , and keys , is given as 44,164 square miles , a little less than the area of Pennsyl- vania and a little more than that of Ohio or Ten- nessee . Illustration of its shape by some familiar ...
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... thousand miles . Its north coast is , for much of its length , steep and rocky . Throughout the greater part of the middle provinces , there is a border of coral reefs and small islands . At the west- ern end , the north coast is low ...
... thousand miles . Its north coast is , for much of its length , steep and rocky . Throughout the greater part of the middle provinces , there is a border of coral reefs and small islands . At the west- ern end , the north coast is low ...
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... thousand species can give , and kept green by mists and gentle rains . Indenting the rock- bound coasts are a hundred pouch - shaped harbors such as are but rarely found in the other islands and shores of the American Mediterranean ...
... thousand species can give , and kept green by mists and gentle rains . Indenting the rock- bound coasts are a hundred pouch - shaped harbors such as are but rarely found in the other islands and shores of the American Mediterranean ...
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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