{"product_id":"2940015619218","title":"Cuba, Old \u0026 New","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.    OLD CUBA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.   NEW CUBA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.  THE COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.   THE OLD HAVANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.    THE NEW HAVANA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.   AROUND THE ISLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.  AROUND THE ISLAND (_Continued_)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII. THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.   CUBA'S REVOLUTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.    INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.   FILIBUSTERING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.  THE STORY OF SUGAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII. VARIOUS PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.  POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND COMMERCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTower of La Fuerza, Havana\u003cbr\u003eThe Morro, Havana\u003cbr\u003eA Planter's Home, Havana Province\u003cbr\u003eIron Grille Gateway, El Vedado, suburb of Havana\u003cbr\u003eWatering Herd of Cattle, Luyano River, near Havaria\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Palms\u003cbr\u003eCustom House, Havana\u003cbr\u003eBalconies, Old Havana\u003cbr\u003eStreet in Havana\u003cbr\u003eStreet and Church of the Angels, Havana\u003cbr\u003eA Residence in El Vedado\u003cbr\u003eThe Volante (now quite rare)\u003cbr\u003eA Village Street, Calvario, Havana Province\u003cbr\u003eStreet and Church, Camaguey\u003cbr\u003eCobre, Oriente Province\u003cbr\u003eHoisting the Cuban Flag over the Palace, May 20,1902\u003cbr\u003eA Spanish Block House\u003cbr\u003eAlong the Harbor Wall, Havana\u003cbr\u003eCountry Road, Havana Province\u003cbr\u003eStreet in Camaguey\u003cbr\u003ePalm-Thatched Roofs\u003cbr\u003eA Peasant's Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCUBA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOLD AND NEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_OLD CUBA_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Columbus was a man of lively imagination. Had he been an\u003cbr\u003eordinary, prosaic and plodding individual, he would have stayed at home\u003cbr\u003ecombing wool as did his prosaic and plodding ancestors for several\u003cbr\u003egenerations. At the age of fourteen he went to sea and soon developed an\u003cbr\u003eactive curiosity about regions then unknown but believed to exist. There\u003cbr\u003ewas even then some knowledge of western Asia, and even of China as\u003cbr\u003eapproached from the west. Two and two being properly put together, the\u003cbr\u003eresult was a reasonable argument that China and India could be reached from\u003cbr\u003ethe other direction, that is, by going westward instead of eastward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early autumn of the year 1492, Columbus was busy discovering islands\u003cbr\u003ein the Caribbean Sea region, and, incidentally, seeking for the richest\u003cbr\u003eof the group. From dwellers on other islands, he heard of one, called\u003cbr\u003eCubanacan, larger and richer than any that he had then discovered. A\u003cbr\u003emixture of those tales with his own vivid imagination produced a belief\u003cbr\u003ein a country of wide extent, vastly rich in gold and gems, and already a\u003cbr\u003ecentre of an extensive commerce. Cruising in search of what he believed to\u003cbr\u003ebe the eastern coast of Asia, he sighted the shore of Cuba on the morning\u003cbr\u003eof October 28, 1492. His journal, under date of October 24, states: \"At\u003cbr\u003emidnight I tripped my anchors off this _Cabo del Isleo de Isabella_, where\u003cbr\u003eI was pitched to go to the island of Cuba, which I learn from these people\u003cbr\u003eis very large and magnificent, and there are gold and spices in it, and\u003cbr\u003elarge ships and merchants. And so I think it must be the island of Cipango\u003cbr\u003e(Japan), of which they tell such wonders.\" The record, under date of\u003cbr\u003eSunday, 28th of October, states: \"Continued for the nearest land of Cuba,\u003cbr\u003eand entered a beautiful estuary, clear of rocks and other dangers. The\u003cbr\u003emouth of the estuary had twelve fathoms depth, and it was wide enough for a\u003cbr\u003eship to work into.\" Students have disagreed regarding the first Cuban port\u003cbr\u003eentered by Columbus. There is general acceptance of October 28 as the\u003cbr\u003edate of arrival. Some contend that on that day he entered Nipe Bay, while\u003cbr\u003eothers, and apparently the greater number, locate the spot somewhat to the\u003cbr\u003ewest of Nuevitas. Wherever he first landed on it, there is agreement that\u003cbr\u003ehe called the island Juana, in honor of Prince Juan, taking possession \"in\u003cbr\u003ethe name of Christ, Our Lady, and the reigning Sovereigns of Spain.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis record of the landing place is obscure. It is known that he sailed some\u003cbr\u003eleagues beyond it, to the westward. While on board his caravel, on his\u003cbr\u003ehomeward voyage, he wrote a letter to his friend, Don Rafael Sanchez,\u003cbr\u003e\"Treasurer of their most Serene Highnesses,\" in which the experience is\u003cbr\u003edescribed. The original letter is lost, but it was translated into Latin\u003cbr\u003eand published in Barcelona in the following year, 1493. While the Latin\u003cbr\u003eform is variously translated into English, the general tenor of all is the\u003cbr\u003esame. He wrote: \"When I arrived at Juana (Cuba), I sailed along the coast\u003cbr\u003eto the west, discovering so great an extent of land that I could not\u003cbr\u003eimagine it to be an island, but the continent of Cathay. I did not,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, discover upon the coast any large cities, all we saw being a few\u003cbr\u003evillages and farms, with the inhabitants of which we could not obtain any\u003cbr\u003ecommunication, they flying at our approach.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069566501104,"sku":"2940015619218","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015619218","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}