Chapter 24

Discovery of Cuba by Columbus.--The Native Race.--Historical Matters.--Headquarters of Spanish Military Operations in the West.--Invasion of Mexico by Cortez.--African Slave Trade.--Peculiarities of the Caribbean Sea.--Geography of the Island of Cuba.--City of Matanzas.--Havana, the Capital.--The Alameda.--The Cathedral.--Military Mass.--A Wonderfully Fertile Island.--Reflections. 349

FOOT-PRINTS OF TRAVEL;

OR,

JOURNEYINGS IN MANY LANDS.