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Hakluyt Society. For months1 the whole island of Cuba had been up in arms . To the defence of Havana troops had assembled from every settlement ; powder and arms had come from Seville ; and reinforcements had arrived from Mexico ...
Hakluyt Society. For months1 the whole island of Cuba had been up in arms . To the defence of Havana troops had assembled from every settlement ; powder and arms had come from Seville ; and reinforcements had arrived from Mexico ...
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... arms , powder and munitions as through our procurators and by our letters we have many times reported to Your Majesty without Your Majesty's having deigned to remember how much and how well this city has served Your Majesty and the ...
... arms , powder and munitions as through our procurators and by our letters we have many times reported to Your Majesty without Your Majesty's having deigned to remember how much and how well this city has served Your Majesty and the ...
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... arms . After this manner it happened that the English took the city by force of arms . Some days after the city fell Tristan de Orive went by the governor's order , according to deponent's understanding , to treat with Captain Francis ...
... arms . After this manner it happened that the English took the city by force of arms . Some days after the city fell Tristan de Orive went by the governor's order , according to deponent's understanding , to treat with Captain Francis ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
April 6 1585 | 8 |
Licentiate Aliaga to the Crown Xagua January 13 1586 | 16 |
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