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Pedro Agustin Morell de Santa Cruz (1694-1768), Bishop of Havana, c1910

Pedro Agustin Morell de Santa Cruz (1694-1768), Doctor in Canon Law, Bishop of Havana and dean of the cathedral of Santiago de Cuba and Bishop of Leon, Nicaragua, (c1910). He was the first Roman Catholic bishop to enter the limits of the British colonies. After the withdrawal of the English, Bishop Morell returned to Cuba. He left two historical works, Historia de la Isla y Catedral de Cuba (Havana, 1766), and Relacion de las tentativas de los Ingleses en America (1767). A street in Old Havana is called Bishop in his honour. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

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Town and bay of Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, 1873

Town and bay of Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, 1873. Puerto Plata is a town on the northern coast of the island of Hispaniola, in what is today the Dominican Republic. From Santo Domingo: past and present, with a glance at Hayti, by Samuel Hazard, 1873

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