-Fra Vincente Fonseca--A Dutch Description of Cuba--Attention
Given to the Wealth of Cuban Forests--Reasons Given for the Rise and
Subsequent Decline of Spanish Power--Some Superstitions and Legends.

CHAPTER XXVIII 360

Cuba Neglected During an Era of Great Achievements--The Golden Age of
Spain--Culture at Home and Conquest Abroad--A Noteworthy Group of
Spanish Historians--The University of Santo Domingo--The First American
Books--Cuba's Lack of Participation in these Activities, and the Reasons
for it--A Turning Point in Cuban History at the End of the Sixteenth
Century--Cubans Beginning to Become Cubans and Not Spaniards--A
Significant Change in the Temper and Character of the People of the
Island.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Columbus (Janez Portrait) _Frontispiece_

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The Havana Cathedral 36

La Fuerza 146

Morro Castle, Havana 180

San Francisco Church 226

Morro Castle, Santiago 298

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Monument on Supposed First Tending Place of Columbus,
Watling's Island 3

Queen Isabella 13

Diego Velasquez 59

Baracoa, First Capital of Cuba 60

Panfilo de Narvaez 63

Bartholomew de las Casas 64

Ponce de Leon 72

Hernando Cortez 90

Hernando de Soto 140

San Lazaro Watch Tower, Havana 155

Pedro Menendez de Aviles 199

THE HISTORY OF CUBA

CHAPTER I

CUBA; America: America; Cu