... The three ships were named Santiago, San Cristobal, and Santa Maria de la Consolacion. They reached the island chain of the Bahamas. Then on April 2, 1513, they reached what they believed was another island. Ponce de Leon named this land La Florida, because of its beautiful landscape and because it was Easter season. ... They anchored at the town known as St. Augustine. On June 14, Ponce de Leon set sail for a chain of islands towards the west. ... the northeastern shore of Cuba and became confused about their location. From there on, the fleet was discontinued and Ponce de Leon retur...

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... by Manuel Maria Guitierez. The name of the Hymn is "Noble Patria-. The Lyrics are: Himno de Costa RicaNoble patria, tu hermosa bandera,expresion de tu vida nos da:bajo el límpido azul de tu cieloblanca y pura descansa la paz.En la lucha tenaz de fecunda laborque enrojece del hombre la faz,conquistaron tus hijos -labriegos sencillos-eterno prestigio, estima y honor. áSalve, oh tierra gentil!á ... ;Salve, oh madre de amor!.Cuando alguno pretenda tu gloria manchar,verás a tu pueblo, valiente y viril,la tosca herramienta en arma ... trocar.áSalve, oh patria!, tu prodigo suelo,du...

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... July of 2002. (1) Cuba consists of 14 provinces and 1 special municipality. The provinces are Camaguey, Ciego de Avila, Cienfuegos, Ciudad de La Habana, Granma, Guantanamo, Holguin, La Habana, Las Tunas, Matanzas, Pinar del Rio, Sancti Spiritus, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara(1). The one municipality is the Isla de la Juventud. Cubans celebrate Independence Day on the 10th of December. The 10th of December in 1898 is ... ...

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... presence entirely, and it would be five more years before the Spaniards would return In November 1509, Juan de Esquivel's seventy man party established the settlement of Seville la Nueva near present day St. Ann's Bay. The Spanish settlers soon found that Jamaica had little gold or ... for more important colonies, and in addition, he established several sugar plantations, vineyards and cotton fields. Despite these efforts by Juan de Esquivel, Jamaica would never figure prominently in Spanish colonial efforts because it possessed no precious metals. The island remained underdeveloped, poo...

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... made up of two peninsula. Haiti is covered in mountain ranges across the country. Haiti's five mountain ranges are the Chaine du Haut Piton, the Massif des Montagnes, the Massi de la Hotte, Noires, Chaine des Cahos, and Montagne Terrible. Montagne Terrible consists of only one mountain peak. The highest point in Haiti is at Pic ... la Selle. The island of Gonave found in the Golfe de la Gonave is the largest island on Haite off the shore. Haiti has a very unusual shoreline, but has many natural harbors. Haiti has many swift yet short rivers so ... ...

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... 's, is a tropical island inhabited by American Indians generally known as the Taino. "Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. The Republic of Cuba consists of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud and many other archipelagos" (Cuba Facts). The distance between Cuba and the United States is 90 miles. Since it's such a close distance, Florida is highly populated with Cuban ... lightweight. An atmospheric phenomenon that affects Cuba most frequently is the hurricanes. They are devastating disasters that naturally occur. They usually happen every two years. The capital of Cuba is La Habana. "Si...

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... ships were lost and men had to be left behind due to insufficient space. These men became the first settlers of the new world. When Columbus returned to the colony La Naviad, he discovered his men were slain. Upon questioning he found that his men were killed because of the mistreatment of the local population. It was not uncommon for the ... Conquest in the New World. However, the reputation of malice towards indigenous populations was not believed by all of the men partaking in the conquest. Bartolome de Las Casas was a voice of the Indians. De Las Casas documented the record of the S...

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... the rural population by shrinking it steadily. About one half of the total population is located between Santiago de los Caballeros and San Pedro de Macoris. Another 1/3 of the population is located in the capitol city of Santo Domingo and between the cities of La Romana and San Cristobal. Mulattos form the largest ethnic group in the Dominican Republic being roughly 73% of ... ...

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... little to the Spanish Crown. Instead, Jamaica was used as a base in which to launch attacks on the rest of the Americas. The population of Jamaica, even its capital Santiago de la Vega (now Spanish Town) never grew very large and was easy to capture. The British, after failed to capture Hispaniola, needed a solid base in the Caribbean. So in 1655, Admirals ... ...

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... other occupations. (doc. 4) Only 28 percent of slaves worked in urban occupations such as porters, waiters, and house servants. According to Alexander von Humboldt a German geographer and scientist and Ramon de la Sangra a Cuban botanist and demographer. This is a very reliable source because the German will have no reason to falsify any data and the Cuban's expertise in demography will produce accurate ... ...

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... have been Aimé Césaire and Frantz Fanon. A useful discussion of the various issues involved is to be found in Orphée noir, in Sartre's introduction to Senghor's ANTHOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE POÉSIE NÉGRE ET MANGACHE (1948). Senghor's philosophy and the concept of Negritude have received wide attention and criticism. The concept is defined in contradistinction to Europe ... ...

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