North And Central America Collection (page 5)

The Spanish Silver Fleet, (1628), 1920s
Silver fleet in 1628. The Dutch Squadron commanded by General Pedro Pieterson Heyn entered Matanzas Bay 8th September 1628 and attacked the Spanish Silver fleet

Shield of Havana, (1692), 1920s
Shield of Havana. Due to the importance Havana gained as a station of fleets and residence of Governors, it was granted the title of city on 20th December 1592, using the Shield of Arms

Punta Castle, (1589), 1920s
Punta Castle. Construction began in March 1589. Captain Juan de Tejada, armed the fortifications and secured the entries to the port

The Morro Castle, (1587), 1920s
The Morro Castle. In the year 1587, Juan de Tejada, and Juan Bautista Antonelli, chose the location of the Castillo del Morro, work started in March 1589

Primitive ingenuity, (16th century), 1920s
Primitive ingenuity. The sugar industry was extremely outdated, even though there were one hundred and twenty mills on the Island; annual export only amounted to twenty thousand pounds

Map of Benzoni, (1541), 1920s
Map of Benzoni. The traveller Girolano Benzoni, author of this map, was Italian and remained in Havana ten months in 1541

Shield of Havana, (1516), 1910s
Shield of Havana, 1516. Shield granted to Cuba in 1516. Also appears in the map of the island of Cuba Don Jose Maria de la Torre

Foundation Sancti-Spiritus, (1550s), 1920s
Foundation Sancti-Spiritus. Velazquez founded Sancti-Spiritus in the same year as he founded Trinidad, in 1514. In 1550 it had 400 inhabitants and in 1605 was attacked

Foundation of Trinidad, (1534), 1920s
Trinity Foundation, founded by Diego Velazquez in 1514 located ten miles from the port of Jagua. In 1534 it was almost depopulated; in 1620 it had 250 inhabitants

Foundatin of Santiago de Cuba, (1515), 1920s
Santiago de Cuba, last of the first 7 existent villages in the 16th century and second city on the Island of Cuba, was founded July 25, 1515

Foundation of Baracoa, (16th century), 1920s
Foundation of Baracoa. Colombus arrived at Baracoa 27th November 1492 and Diego Velazquez founded it in 1512, the oldest city of Cuba as well as its first capital

Territorial Divison, (1847), 1920s. Artist: Jose Maria de La Torre
Territorial division. This map was made in1837 by Sir Jose Maria de La Torre, who published another edition in 1847 with the title of History Map old

The Slaughter of Natives in Caonao, (16th century), 1920s
Slaughter of natives in Caonao.The Spaniards fell with rage on defenseless Indians. Padre Las Casas called and scream at Narvaez, who witnessed the horrible massacre

Indian God or Cemi, 1920s
CEMI or idol. The Siboneyes consulted their Gods that they called Cemis receiving divine inspirations during their ceremonies

Cooking of Casabe, 1920s
The Casabe was prepared by the natives of Cuba, native people of good nature, peaceful, loving and of clear intelligence. They lived in peace with the peoples of the various regions of the island

Presents to Colombus, (16th century), 1920s
When Colombus returned to Cuba in his second voygage, the natives offered him different gifts that were hand made. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Villejo and Martin rejected by Colombus, (15th century), 1920s
Villejo and Martin rejected by Colombus. Colombus was imprisoned by Bobadilla, who had powers to maintain peace and tranquillity in the colony

Colombus when Cortes arrived in Cuba, (15th century), 1920s
Colombus when Cortes arrived in Cuba. On his second trip Colombus went into the south coast of Cuba and when Cortes arrived in Guaniguanico province, Colombus made his crew swear on June 12

The Discovery of Cuba, (15th century), 1920s
The island of Cuba was discovered on October 28 1492 by Christopher Columbus and his fleet of three ships: La Pinta, La Nina and La Santa Maria on his first trip to the New World

Geometric map of islands, Willian H. Bacock, 1919
The American geographer Willian H. Bacock studying in 1918 the maps of Italian geographers of the 15th century, found accordance in them the Atlantic and from 1414

William Gorgas, (1854-1920), 1920s
Dr William Gorgas, born in Mobila in 1854 and was head of health service in Cuba during the government of Wood. The measures taken against mosquitoes gave a remarkable outcome; in seven months

Matthew Hanna, (1898-1902), 1920s
Lieutenant Matthew Hanna, American, was appointed Commissioner of schools in Cuba in 1900 and published the regulation for those schools

Alejandro Rodriguez, (1850-1900), 1920s
General Alejandro Rodriguez, born in Sancti Spiritus in 1850, when the war broke out in Baire; fought in Camaguey and was Mayor of Havana in 1900 and Head of the Rural Guards in 1901

Juan Guiteras, (1852-1925), 1920s
Dr Juan Guiteras. Physician born in Matanzas in 1852. He was Professor at the University and contributed largely to the disappearance of yellow fever in Cuba

Antonio Gonzalez de Mendoza, (1828-1906), 1920s
Antonio Gonzalez de Mendoza; born in Havana in 1828; organized an association against trafficking in 1865; he was mayor of the capital in 1879; released his 300 slaves

Adolfo Jimenez Castellano, (1844-1929), 1920s
The evacuation of Havana. Spanish General Adolfo Jimenez Castellanos, handed over the island on the 1st of January 1899 to the American governor general Brooke

Alfredo T Mahan, (born 1840), 1920s
Alfred Thayer Mahan was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian. Born in New York in 1840. Published the remarkable work Lessons of the war with Spain (1899). He died in 1914

William R. Day, (1849-1923), 1920s
William R Day, born in Ohio in 1849 was Sub-secretary and Secretary of State. He chaired the Commission of the Treaty of Paris, signed on 10th of December 1898. He died in 1923

Joaquin Vara del Roy, (1840-1898), 1920s
General Joaquin Vara del Roy. Spanish general in charge of Caney village, attacked by the American generals Lawton, Chofee, and Ludlow. An heroic battle lasting 9 hours

William McKinley, (1843-1901), 1920s
William McKinley (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1901

Jose B. Foraker, (1849-1917), 1920s
Joseph B. Foraker, born in Ohio, 1849. He was a fervent defender of the freedom of Cuba. Gave a great speech on 19 May 1897 calling for intervention

Charles Dana, (1867-1944), 1920s
Charles Dana. American journalist, born in 1818 directed from 1868 the newspaper The Sun. He was a great advocate for the independence of Cuba

Enrique Dupuy de Lome, (1851-1904), 1920s
Enrique Dupuy de Lome, was born in Valencia in 1857 and was Minister of Spain in the United States in 1898, shortly before the blasting of Maine

Clara Barton, (born 1830), 1920s
Clara Barton, born in 1830 was President of the American Red Cross. She came to Cuba in 1898 to distribute rations. She died in 1912

Adela Azcuy, (1816-1914), 1920s
Adela Azcuy Labrador (Vinales, 18 March 1861 - Havana, 14 March 1914) was a Cuban patriot who participated in the war of independence of their country

Adolfo Castillo, (born 1862), 1920s
Brigadier Adolfo Castle; born in Sancti Spiritus in 1862; joined the revolution and operated in the Provincia of Havana; entered Guines in 1897

Brigadier J. Luis Robau, (1870-1909), 1920s
Brigadier J. Luis Robau. The head of the revolutionaries in Sagua, Brigadier Jose Luis Robau, attacked Ingenio Ramona and the village of San Jose of the Ramos...Cigar card from the History of Cuba

Stephen Bonsal, (1865-1951), 1920s
Stephen Bonsal, born in Baltimore in 1865 was a correspondent of the Herald from New York. He sympathised with the Cuban cause and published an important book The real condition of Cuba today (1897)

Ricardo H. Davis, (1864-1916), 1920s
Ricardo H Davis, born in Philadelphia in 1864 and visited Cuba in early 1897 as a correspondent of the New York Journal. He is the author of the books Cuba at War (1898)

Nestor Aranguren, (1873-1898), 1920s
Nestor Aranguren, on January 16th, 1897 attacked the train Regla to Guanabacoa, killing eight Spanish soldiers and making eleven officers prisoners

Martinez Campos, (1831-1900), 1920s
Martinez Campos, the autonomist and reformist parties held a demonstration of sympathy in favour of General Martinez Campos on the 27th of December 1895

William B Allen, (1847-1919), 1920s
William B Allen was born in 1847. He gave a speech in the American Senate on 11 December 1895, asking to grant the Cubans belligerency

Juan Rius Rivera, (1843-1924), 1920s
General Juan Rius Rivera. Born in Puerto Rico in 1843; came to Cuba in 1870; he joined the revolution and fought until 1878

Horacio Rubens, (1869-1941), 1920s
Horacio Rubens. North American who was Attorney for the Cuban delegation in New York in 1895 and made a plea for recognition of Cubans belligerency

Fidel Alonso de Santo, (1844-1895), 1920s
Fidel Alonso de Santos Cildes, Spanish brigadier, born in Burgos in 1844. He fought in the Cuban war and died in the battle of Parafejo on 13th July 1895

Quintin Banderas, (1846-1906), 1920s
Brigadier-Quintin Banderas. Born in Santiago de Cuba in 1834, fought in the two wars of Independencia. was deported to Spain in 1879

Manuel de la Cruz, (born 1861), 1920s
Manuel de la Cruz remarkable literary figure and patriot, born in Havana 1861. He published some outstanding works such as, Episodes of the Cuban Revolution (1890) and Cuban Cromitos (1892)

Emilio Nunez, (1855-1922), 1920s
Emilio Nunez, born in Sagua La in 1855. He went to war in 1875 and revolted again in Sagua in November 1879. He was the head of the department of expeditions in 1895

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