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Paperback, [EAN: 9780259996774], Forgotten Books, Forgotten Books, Book, [PU: Forgotten Books], Forgotten Books, Excerpt from Free Cuba: Her Oppression, Struggle for Liberty, History, and Present Condition, With the Causes and Justification of the Present War for Independence; The History of the WarIn the course of the seventeenth century Havana became the great rendezvous for the gold ships of Spain, and the commercial centre of the Spanish possessions in America. One of the results of the wars in which Spain was incessantly involved during this period, was the practical extinction of sugar and tobacco culture at home, and their increased development in Cuba. Yet these same wars severely afi'ected the prosperity of the island, and materially retarded its progress. After the destruction of the Armada, in 1588, the maritime power of Spain steadily declined, and the capture of her treasure fleet by the Dutch in 1628, and the destruction of her naval fleet in the Downs, left her West Indian colonies without other protection than their own walls and fortresses afl'orded. About this time the abritrary decree that the colonists should restrict their commerce with Spain to the port of Seville - the monopoly of which the needy govern ment had sold - gave rise to an extensive smuggling trams, very profitable to the colonists and the foreign adventurers who carried it on. The neighboring.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such hi, 4814, Cuba, 4810, Caribbean & West Indies, 4808, Americas, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

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