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Page lxxvii
... sail - the Santo Domingo fleet venturing after delay upon its course for Havana . The English gave chase , and the second enclosure with Document No. 71 post is an excellent account of their capture of three units of the fleet - El Buen ...
... sail - the Santo Domingo fleet venturing after delay upon its course for Havana . The English gave chase , and the second enclosure with Document No. 71 post is an excellent account of their capture of three units of the fleet - El Buen ...
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... sail passed along that south shore past Coamo , and the following Wednesday a ship entered the port of Bayamo which is near there , struck sail and fired a gun . It must have been looking for some pinnace it had sent to reconnoitre and ...
... sail passed along that south shore past Coamo , and the following Wednesday a ship entered the port of Bayamo which is near there , struck sail and fired a gun . It must have been looking for some pinnace it had sent to reconnoitre and ...
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... sail and lie in a cross sea , and so remained all night , supposing that all the rest of the fleet would do the same . When day broke , however , they could discover only six or seven sail , all in one direction , and immediately made ...
... sail and lie in a cross sea , and so remained all night , supposing that all the rest of the fleet would do the same . When day broke , however , they could discover only six or seven sail , all in one direction , and immediately made ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
April 6 1585 | 8 |
Licentiate Aliaga to the Crown Xagua January 13 1586 | 16 |
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