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“...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 it
on Trinidad for the first time, in 1498. Alonzo de Ojeda coastedji
along it in the following year and, having obtained a grant of f
the district from Cape Vela to the Gulf of Darien in 1508, founded |)
the colony of Nueva Andalucia there. Some years later Diegop
de Nicuesa established the settlement of Castilla del Oro farther!
to the west, and in 1514 the two colonies were united under thole...”
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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.
After an insurrection he was succeeded in command by Vasco
Nuflez de Balboa, who had accompanied Bastidas on his voyage
1 Original canal 25 feet deep.
EB...”
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“...4Ó2 POCKET GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
III. —New York, Santiago (Cuba), Kingston (Jamaica),
Puerto Castilla and Tela (Honduras), Puerto Barrios (Guate-
mala), Belize (British Honduras), Puerto Barrios, Kingston,
Santiago and New York (every other Saturday). '
IV. —New Orleans, Belize (British Honduras), Puerto Barrios
(Guatemala), Tela (Honduras), Puerto Barrios and New Orleans
(every Friday to Tela and Puerto Barrios, and once monthly to
Belize).
V. —New Orleans, Havana (Cuba), Cristobal (Canal Zone),
Puerto Barrios (Guatemala), Havana (Cuba), New Orleans (every
Saturday in winter).
VI. —New Orleans, Havana, Puerto Cortes, Havana, New
Orleans (every Wednesday).
VII. —New Orleans, Cristobal, Port Limon (Costa Rica),
Puerto Colombia, Bocas del Toro (Panama), Cristobal (Canal
Zone), New Orleans (every Saturday). (Steamers call every
alternate week at Port Limon and Bocas del Toro.)
From From
Fares. Ports. New New Sailings.
York. Orleans.
British Honduras: (Belize) $165 $55 See above.
Cristobal:...”
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“...185, 238
Carolina, Porto Rico, 328
Caroni, in, 115, 131, 135, 137
Carrera, 118
Carretera Central, 354, 35s
Carriacou, 152, 153, 166
Carrick, Earl of, 390
Carrington, 75
Carrington, Dr. J. W., 179
Cartagena, 396, 397, 398, 399,
400-4, 441
Railway, 403
Cartago, 399, 411
Cartels, sugar, 433—4
Carter, Lady, 81, 83
Carter, Sir Gilbert, 105
Carupano, 409
Casa Blanca, Porto Rico, 330
Casado, General Manuel y, 327
Cascadura, the, 20
Castanon, Gonzalo, 349-50
Castara, 149
Castellani, C., architect, 378
Castilla del Oro, 396
Castillo de Jagua, 355
Castleton Gardens, 273
Castries, 167, 168, 170, 171-6
Catadupa, 256
Cathcart, Lord, 245-6
Cathedrals
Bermuda, 48
British Guiana (Anglican),
376-7
(Roman Catholic), 378
British Honduras, 393
Christ Church, Bahamas, 67
Dominica (R. C.), 239
Guadeloupe, 303
Havana, 351
Holy Trinity, Trinidad, 121
Immaculate Conception
Trinidad, (R. C.), 119
Kingston (R. C.), 264
Panama, 428
Porto Rico, 330
Santo Domingo, 366
St. John’s, Antigua, 202-4
St. Michael’s, Barbados...”
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