Category: Travel Writing
The Island of Cuba--Early colonists--Island aborigines--First importation of slaves--Cortez and his followers--Aztecs--The law of races--Mexican aborigines--Valley of Mexico--Pizarro--The end of heroes--Retributive justice--Decadence of Spanish power--History of Cuba--The rove...
Retrospective thoughts--The bright side and dark side of the picture--Cuban institutions contrasted with our own--Political sentiments of the Creoles--War footing--Loyalty of th...
25. CHAPTER XI.A sugar plantation--Americans employed--Slaves on the plantations--A coffee plantation--Culture of coffee, sugar and tobacco--Statistics of agriculture--The cucullos, or Cuban f...
28. CHAPTER XIV.Pecuniary value of the slave-trade to Havana--The slave clippers--First introduction of slaves into Cuba--Monopoly of the traffic by England--Spain's disregard of treaty stipula...
17. CHAPTER III.Armed intervention--Conspiracy of Cienfuegos and Trinidad--General Narciso Lopez--The author's views on the subject--Inducements to revolt--Enormous taxation--Scheme of the patr...
15. CHAPTER I.The Island of Cuba--Early colonists--Island aborigines--First importation of slaves--Cortez and his followers--Aztecs--The law of races--Mexican aborigines--Valley of Mexico--Pi...
23. CHAPTER IX.The lottery at Havana--Hospitality of the Spaniards--Flattery--Cuban ladies--Castilian, Parisian and American politeness--The bonnet in Cuba--Ladies' dresses--The fan--Jewelry a...
19. CHAPTER V.Geographical position of the island--Its size--The climate--Advice to invalids--Glance at the principal cities--Matanzas--Puerto Principe--Santiago de Cuba--Trinidad--The writer...
21. CHAPTER VII.Nudity of children and slaves--The street of the merchants--The currency of Cuba--The Spanish army in the island--Enrolment of blacks--Courage of Spanish troops--Treatment by th...
20. CHAPTER VI.Contrast between Protestant and Catholic communities--Catholic churches--Sabbath scenes in Havana--Devotion of the common people--The Plaza de Armas--City squares--The poor man'...
24. CHAPTER X.The volante and its belongings--The ancient town of Regla--The arena for the bull-fights at Havana--A bull-fight as witnessed by the author at Regla--A national passion with the...
27. CHAPTER XIII.Consumption of tobacco--The universal cigar--Lady smokers--The fruits of Cuba--Flour a prohibited article--The royal palm--West Indian trees--Snakes, animals, etc.--The Cuba blo...
16. CHAPTER II.The constitution of 1812--Revolution of La Granja--Political aspect of the island--Discontent among the Cubans--The example before them--Simon Bolivar, the Liberator--Revolution...
18. CHAPTER IV.Present condition of Cuba--Secret treaty with France and England--British plan for the Africanization of the island--Sale of Cuba--Measures of General Pezuela--Registration of s...
26. CHAPTER XII.Probably of all the governors-general that have filled the post in Cuba none is better known abroad, or has left more monuments of his enterprise, than Tacon. His reputation at...
29. CHAPTER XV.Area of Cuba--Extent of cultivated and uncultivated lands--Population--Proportion between the sexes--Ratio of legitimate to illegitimate births--Ratio between births and deaths-...
22. CHAPTER VIII.One of the most successful villains whose story will be written in history, is a man named Marti, as well known in Cuba as the person of the governor-general himself. Formerly h...
1. CHAPTER I.The Island of Cuba--Early colonists--Island aborigines--First importation of slaves--Cortez and his followers--Aztecs--The law of races--Mexican aborigines--Valley of Mexico--Pi...
9. CHAPTER X.The volante and its belongings--The ancient town of Regla--The arena for the bull-fights at Havana--A bull-fight as witnessed by the author at Regla--A national passion with the...
14. CHAPTER XVI.Retrospective thoughts--The bright side and dark side of the picture--Cuban institutions contrasted with our own--Political sentiments of the Creoles--War footing--Loyalty of th...
2. CHAPTER II.The constitution of 1812--Revolution of La Granja--Political aspect of the island--Discontent among the Cubans--The example before them--Simon Bolivar, the Liberator--Revolution...
3. CHAPTER III.Armed intervention--Conspiracy of Cienfuegos and Trinidad--General Narciso Lopez--The author's views on the subject--Inducements to revolt--Enormous taxation--Scheme of the patr...
7. CHAPTER VII.Nudity of children and slaves--The street of the merchants--The currency of Cuba--The Spanish army in the island--Enrolment of blacks--Courage of Spanish troops--Treatment by th...
12. CHAPTER XIV.Pecuniary value of the slave-trade to Havana--The slave clippers--First introduction of slaves into Cuba--Monopoly of the traffic by England--Spain's disregard of treaty stipula...
6. CHAPTER VI.Contrast between Protestant and Catholic communities--Catholic churches--Sabbath scenes in Havana--Devotion of the common people--The Plaza de Armas--City squares--The poor man'...
5. CHAPTER V.Geographical position of the island--Its size--The climate--Advice to invalids--Glance at the principal cities--Matanzas--Puerto Principe--Santiago de Cuba--Trinidad--The writer...
8. CHAPTER IX.The lottery at Havana--Hospitality of the Spaniards--Flattery--Cuban ladies--Castilian, Parisian and American politeness--The bonnet in Cuba--Ladies' dresses--The fan--Jewelry a...
10. CHAPTER XI.A sugar plantation--Americans employed--Slaves on the plantations--A coffee plantation--Culture of coffee, sugar and tobacco--Statistics of agriculture--The cucullos, or Cuban f...
11. CHAPTER XIII.Consumption of tobacco--The universal cigar--Lady smokers--The fruits of Cuba--Flour a prohibited article--The royal palm--West Indian trees--Snakes, animals, etc.--The Cuban bl...
4. CHAPTER IV.Present condition of Cuba--Secret treaty with France and England--British plan for the Africanization of the island--Sale of Cuba--Measures of General Pezuela--Registration of s...
13. CHAPTER XV.Area of Cuba--Extent of cultivated and uncultivated lands--Population--Proportion between the sexes--Ratio of legitimate to illegitimate births--Ratio between births and deaths-...