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“... 5-54 7-76
10 25 15 51 —
7 23 12 -08 —
23 3° 30 -08
was proudly named Have del Nuevo Mundo y Baluarte
de las Indias Occidentales (“ The Key of the New World
and the Bulwark of the West Indies ”).
The approach to the city of Havana from the sea has
been justly praised by many well-known writers. Beyond
the surf-beaten coast the first conspicuous object to,
strike the eye is the historic Morro Castle, whose venerable
fortifications command the narrow bottle-neck entrance
to the harbour, and its tall lighthouse, erected in 1844 by
Governor-General O’Donnell, whose name is inscribed...”
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