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The resultant stagnation of economic growth was particularly pronounced in Cuba because of its great strategic importance in the Caribbean, and the stranglehold that Spain kept on it as a result. Colonial Cuba was a frequent target of buccaneers, pirates and French corsairs. In response to repeated raids, defenses were bolstered throughout the ...
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, New Spain. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar[note 1] (1465 – c. June 12, 1524) was a Spanish conquistador and the first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. As the first governor of the island, he established several municipalities that remain important to this day and ...
Gregorio Guazo y Calderón Fernández de la Vega. 29 September 1724 to 18 March 1734. Dionisio Martínez de la Vega. 18 March 1734 to 22 April 1746. Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas Gordón de Saenz de Villamolinedo, Count of Revillagigedo. 22 April 1746 to 21 July 1746. Juan Antonio Tineo y Fuertes.
Arrival of colonizers. The Guanajatabey, Ciboney and Taíno peoples lived in Cuba in the 15th century; these were peaceful peoples and were organized in a primitive community. On October 27, 1492, the first European contact was made when Columbus was trying to sail to the Orient. Sebastián de Ocampo made the first circumnavigation of the ...
Indigenous Cuban resistance leader Hatuey is burned at the stake. 1519. Havana founded as San Cristóbal de la Habana (north coast) 1523. Emperor Charles V authorizes 4,000 gold pesos for the construction of cotton mills. 1527. The first African slaves arrive in Cuba. 1532. The first slave rebellion is crushed.
v. t. e. The Republic of Cuba, covering the historical period in Cuban history between 1902 and 1959, was an island country comprised the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud (since 1925) and several minor archipelagos. It was located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet.
Colonial heads of Cuba. Colonial heads of state and government of Cuba during the Spanish West Indies period (1511—1899), and periods of British (1762-1763) or American (1899-1902, 1906-1909) military rule. Cuba portal.
By 1830, Cuba was the world's largest producer of sugar. Also in 1830 the United States became Cuba's biggest trading partner as the US was cut off from its previous supply in the British West Indies and Hispaniola. Initially, sugar plantations were built around ports and in particular Havana because overland transport was costly, slow and ...