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“...occasionally subject arrivals from Venezuelan and
Colombian ports to rigid quarantine.
HISTORY. The Spanish Main was discovered by Columbus,
who crossed over to what is now Venezuela, after setting foot
on Trinidad for the first time, in 1498. Alonso de Ojeda coasted
along it in the following year and, having obtained a grant of
the district from Cape Vela to the Gulf of Darien in 1508, founded
the colony of Nueva Andalucia there. Some years later Diego
de Nicuesa established the settlement of Castilla del Oro farther...”
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“... It is believed that the Isthmus of Panama was
first visited in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda, who established a
colony, which he called Nueva Andalucia, near Cartagena. Two
years later Rodrigo Bastidas coasted along the Spanish Main as
far as what is now Porto Bello, and in 1502 Columbus, coasting
from Almirante Bay, founded the colony of Nombre de Dios
in Porto Bello Bay. The settlement was destroyed by Indians,
but re-established in 1510 by Diego de Nicuesa, Governor of
the Spanish Province of Castilla del Oro, which included the
countries that are now Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
In the same year Martin Fernandez de Enciso, with the sur-
vivors of Nueva Andalucia, founded the colony of Darien.
* Original canal 25 feet deep....”
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“...(Costa Rica), Havana and New York (every
Saturday).
II. New York, Kingston (Jamaica), Cristobal, Cartagena,
Puerto Colombia, and Santa Marta (Colombia), Cristobal,
Kingston and New York (every Wednesday).
III. New York, Havana, Kingston, Belize (British Honduras)
Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Puerto Cortez, Puerto Castilla and
Tela (Honduras), Kingston, Havana and New York (every
alternate Saturday).
IV. New Orleans, Belize, Puerto Barrios,- New Orelans (every
Saturday to Puerto Barrios and once a month to Belize).
V. New Orleans, Havana, Cristobal, Port Limon, Bocas del
Toro (Panama), Havana, New Orleans (every Saturday).
VI. New Orleans, Havana, Cristobal, Port Limon,' Puerto
Castilla, Havana, New Orleans (every Wednesday)....”
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“...STEAMSHIP COMMUNICATION 465
Fares. Ports. From New From New Sailings.
York. Orleans.
British Honduras Ii75 $55 Weekly &
Canal Zone . $145 $110 Monthly Weekly
Colombia : Cartagena $160 1 —
Puerto Colombia $160 —
Santa Marta $160 •—
Costa Rica : Port Limon . $160 $125
Cuba: Havana f85 $45
Guatemala : Puerto Barrios $165 $7°
Honduras : Puerto Castilla $165 —
Puerto Cortez . $165 ; — Fortnightly
Tela '. . §165 — „ ‘
Jamaica: Kingston . . Weekly
Duration of Voyage : New York to Havana—4 days. New
York to Kingston—5 days.
Size of Steamers : 5,000 to 8,000 tons.
From India
(41) THE NOTJRSE LINE. London : 122, Leadenhall
Street, E.C. 3 (Avenue 0886). Calcutta : Mackinnon, Mac-
kenzie & Co., P.O. Box 163. Rangoon : Gillanders, Arbuth-
not & Co., P.O. Box 168.
Routes : Calcutta and Burma to Port of Spain (Trinidad)
and other West Indian Ports via the Cape.
Fares. Sailings.
Rates on application. Monthly
Duration of Voyage: Calcutta, or Burma, to Trinidad—about
6 weeks.
Size of Steamers :...”
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“...249
Carlisle Bay, 74, 81
Carlisle, Earl of, 76, 77, 81,170,
185, 201, 228, 239
Carnegie, Mr. Andrew, his Free
Libraries, 86, 141, 174,
188, 241
Carolina, Porto Rico, 334, 336
Caroni, 114, 119, 134. I37> *39
Carrera, 121
Carriacou, 154, 155
Carrick, Earl of, 394
Carrington, 79
Carrington, Dr. J. W., 181
Cartagena, 400, 401, 402, 403,
404-9
Cartago, 403, 415
Carter, Lady, 84, 87
Carupano, 413
Casa Blanca, Porto Rico, 337
Casado, General, 334
Cascadura, the, 6
Castaüon, Gonzalo, 356
Castara, 152
Castilla del Oro, 400
Castillo de Jagua, 360
Castleton Gardens, 278
Castries, 169, 171, 173-8
Cathcart, Lord, 249
Cathedrals, Antigua, 205
— Barbados, 85
— Bermuda, 51
— British Guiana (Anglican),
382
—- — (Roman Catholic), 383
— Christ Church, Bahamas, 70
— Guadeloupe, 309
— Havana, 357
— Holy Trinity, Trinidad, 124
— Panama, 429
— Port of Spain (R.C.), 122
— Santo Domingo, 369
— Spanish Town, 283
Catherine Hall, 293
Catherine’s Peak, 278
Cat Island, 63
Caura, 138
Causeway, the, Bermuda, 56,
58
Cauto...”
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