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“...other tropical produce is also exported, and stock-breeding gives
employment to many people. The mineral resources of the
island include iron-ore, manganese, copper, and salt.
CLIMATE. Cuba being only just within the tropics, its
climate is not so hot as that of most other West Indian islands.
The mean annual temperature at Havana is only 77® Fahr.,
but inland and on the south coast it is greater. The rainy
season is from May to October, the mean annual rainfall being
52 inches. In the Sierra Maestra mountains the thermometer
sometimes falls almost to freezing-point.
HISTORY. Cuba was discovered by Columbus during his
first voyage, on October 28th, 1492. He called it Juana, after
Princess Juana, daughter of his patrons, Ferdinand and Isabella ;
but after Ferdinand’s death it was renamed Femandina. It was
subsequently called Santiago, in honour of the patron saint of
Spain, and, later, Ave Maria, before it reverted to its native
name, Cuba. In 1500 Diego Velasquez formed several settle-
ments...”
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“...INDEX
Shafter, General, 363
Shannon, H.M.S., 54
" Shark Papers," 271
Sharpe, Colonel W., 85
Shelley Bay, 57
Shirley, Governor Thomas, 224,
225
Shirley Heights, 210
Shirley, Sir Anthony, 257
Sibun River, 393, 395
Siccama, Baron, 382
Sierra Maestra Mts., 345
Sierra Nevada, 408, 412
Sigsbee, Captain, 352
Silk cotton trees, 280, 293, 354,
[ 363
" Silver employees," 423
Sims, James, 90
Sinai, Mt., Grenada, 154
Sinckler, Mr. E. G., no
Sion Hall, 107
Siparia, 118,119, 142, 144
Sir Timothy’s Hill, 221
Sisal hemp, 64
Skeldon, 376
Skinner, General, 309
Slavery, 36, 322, 345, 367, 385,
434
Smith, Jane Anne, 18
" S.P.G.," the, 93 •
Solberg, 325
Sombrero, 251
Somers’ Islands. See Ber-
muda
Somers, Sir George, 45, 58, 59,
60
Somerset Island, 53
Soufrière, Guadeloupe, 305
Soufrière, St. Lucia, 168, 169,
177, 180
Soufrière, St. Vincent, 5, 74,
194-7, 317
Southern Cross, 4
Southern Main Road, 134, 139,
140
South Sea Company, 36
South Soufrière, Montserrat,
»37
South-west Bay, 71
" Spanish Hat," 251
489...”
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