| Etext transcriber's note: Some of the images may be seen at an enlarged size by clicking on them. Although several typographicalerrors have been corrected, the variation in the useof Spanish accents has not been altered (ie. bothSenor and Señor [tilde n] appear.) The Index included at the end of this etext (which includes volumes 1 thru 4) appearsat the end of volume four of The History of Cuba. Itis provided here for convenience. |
COLOMBUS
The picture of Columbus whichhas been engraved for this workand which here appears is that known as theJanez portrait, which is generallyaccepted in Spain as the most faithfulpresentment of the featuresof the great Discoverer.
THE
HISTORY OF CUBA
BY
WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON
A.M., L.H.D.
Author of "A Century of Expansion," "Four Centuries of
the Panama Canal," "America's Foreign Relations"
Honorary Professor of the History of American Foreign
Relations in New York University
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME ONE
NEW YORK
B. F. BUCK & COMPANY, INC.
156 Fifth Avenue
1920
Copyright, 1920,
By CENTURY HISTORY CO.
All rights reserved
Entered at Stationers Hall
LONDON, ENGLAND.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
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THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
CONCEIVED BY
JOSE MARTI
ESTABLISHED BY
THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA
VINDICATED BY
MARIO G. MENOCAL
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| Contents. Illustrations. Index to Volumes 1 thru 4. |
PREFACE
It is my purpose in these volumes to write a History of Cuba. The titlemay imply either the land and its natural conditions, or the people andthe nation which inhabit it. It in fact implies both, and to both Ishall address myself, though it will appropriately be with the latterrather than with the former that the narrative will be most concerned.For it is with Cuba as with other countries: In the last supremeanalysis the people make the history of the land. Apart from the people,it is true, the Island of Cuba is of unusual interest. There are fewcountries of similar extent comparable with it in native variety, charmand wealth. There are few which contribute more, actual