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“... 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 which was erected in 1828 and dedicated on j
March 9th in that year to mark the spot—originally j
identified by a huge silk-cotton tree—where the-first j
Council met and the first Mass was celebrated when the j
city was established in 1519. It was...”
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“..., 427
de Crespigny, Captain, 272
de Enciso, Martin, 417
Defiance, the, Drake's ship, 400
Defoe, Daniel, 143, 148
de Grasse, Count, 169, 178,
216, 222, 237, 244-5, 305,
308
De Guichen, Admiral, 245
de Heredia, Pedro, 400
De Kinderen, 373
deLaborie, Baron, 169,171,178
de la Pagerie, M., father of
Empress Josephine, 309
de Leon, Juan PonGe, coloniser
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...”
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