Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continents, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Humboldt, Alexander De

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ISBN 10: 0265651956 ISBN 13: 9780265651957

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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The island of Cuba is not only the largest of the Antilles (its area difl'ering little in extent from that of England, properly so called, with out Wales), but presents by its narrow and lengthened form such a developement of ceast, that it approaches at the same time Hayti and Jamaica, the most southern province of the United States (florida), and the most easterly province of the Mexican Confederation (yu ca tan). This circumstance merits the most serious attention; for the countries which communi cate by a navigation of from ten to twelve days, Jamaica, Hayti, Cuba, and 'the southern parts of the United States (from Louisiana to Virginia), contain nearly two millions eight hundred thou sand Africans. Since Santo Domingo, the Flori das, and New Spain, have been separated from the mother country, the island of Cuba is no longer connected except by a common worship, language, and manners, with the neighbouring countries, which during ages were subject to the same laws.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0265651956
• ISBN 13: 9780265651957
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 482