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“...1834. These two streets, which are
very narrow but extremely ' picturesque with their
tinted awnings and quaint signs, form the chief shopping
centre of Havana. O’Reilly Street owes its title to the
Spanish General of that name, who entered the city ]
by it while the English left by Obispo Street when I
Havana was restored to Spain in 1763.
The Plaza de Armas is a centre of interest; to the
north of it is La Fuerza, said to be the oldest fortress in I
the New World. It was erected by Hernando de Soto
in 1519. The story goes that when that worthy set
sail to conquer Florida he left his wife, Dona Isabella,
behind. Here for four years she anxiously awaited the
return of her husband, and here, when she heard of the
failure of the expedition, she died broken-hearted. On
the tower is the Habana, a figure emblematic of the
city.
On the west side of the Plaza is the Ayuntamiento, or
City Hall, in Spanish times the residence of the Captain-
General. On the east side is El Templete, a small I
temple...”
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“...of Porto Rico, 326, 330
de Lesseps, Ferdinand, 418,
421, 422, 428
Del Gamo, Captain, 206
de Losada, Diego, 409
Demerara County, 369
“ Demerara crystals," 369, 436
Demerara River, 369, 370, 374,
382
de Micoud, Baron, 180
Denham, Sir Edward, 386
de Nicuesa, Diego, 397, 417
Dennery, 167, 176
D’Ennery, Count, 176
de Ojeda, Alonso, 396, 417
de Orufia, Don Josef, 131
de Ovanda, Nicolas, 326
de Ponti raids Nombre de
Dios, 397
Dert, Don Domingo, 123
Désirade, 304, 305
D’Esnambuc, M., 154, 198, 215
de Soto, Hernando, 348
Dessalines, General, 362, 364
d’Estaing, Count, 154, 161,
169, 174, 175, 176
D’Estrées, Marshal, 145, 168
de Vasselot, Marquet, 309 ,
Deveaux, Colonel, 61, 68
de Velasco, Don Luis, 344
de Villanueva, Count, 347
Devil’s Hole, Bermuda, 54, 58
" Devil’s Wood-yard,” 140
Diablo (or Diavolo), Mt., 282
Diadème, sunk by Rodney, 244
Diablotin, Mome, 235
Diamond Island, 153
Diamond, Plantation, 381
Diamond Rock, Defence of,
180, 313
Diamonds, 370
Dickenson Trust, the, 284
Dickson, George...”
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