Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century
(Part of the Envisioning Cuba Series)
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Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become one of the best-fortified port cities in the world and an Atlantic center of shipping, commerce, and shipbuilding. Using all available local Cuban sources, Alejandro de la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807831921
ISBN13:9780807831922
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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