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Matanzas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Matanzas city (1994 est. pop. 115,000), capital of Matanzas prov., W central Cuba. A port with a large, deep...the city include sugar refineries and textile mills. Matanzas is located on the turnpike between Havana and Varadero...
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Fort Matanzas National Monument
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fort Matanzas National Monument see Saint Augustine , Fla.; National Parks and Monuments , table.
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Saint Augustine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...NE Fla.; inc. 1824. Located on a peninsula between the Matanzas and San Sebastian rivers, it is separated from the Atlantic...northernmost outpost on the Atlantic in the Americas. Fort Matanzas , also a national monument, was built by Spain in 1742. Other...
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Mario Garcia Menocal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Cuban Republic. Mario Menocal was born in the province of Matanzas on Dec. 17, 1866. When Cuba's Ten Years War (1868-1878...Menocal was promoted to major general in charge of Havana and Matanzas provinces. During the United States military government of...
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Cubans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...the western provinces and the major urban areas of Havana, Matanzas, and Pinar del R í o. Another 20 percent of the population...rural population has migrated to the major cities of Havana, Matanzas, and Santiago de Cuba. Following the 1959 Revolution, efforts...
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Colón
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Colón , city (1994 est. pop. 44,000), Matanzas prov., W central Cuba. It is a rail hub and commercial center for the surrounding agricultural region. Colón's...
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Cárdenas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cárdenas city (1994 est. pop. 63,000), N central Cuba, Matanzas prov., a port on Cárdenas Bay. It processes and exports sugar and sisal and has industries producing tobacco, beer...
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Narciso López
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...New Orleans with a force of over 600 men, mostly American veterans of the Mexican War, and landed in C á rdenas in Matanzas Province. The expeditionaries overwhelmed the small Spanish force and captured the town. But finding little support from...
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Cuba
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
...Sierra Maestra, in the western province of Oriente. Between these mountain systems is a large plain in the western province of Matanzas and another in the eastern province of Camagu ë y. Since the European conquest, the western third of the island has...
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Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...dispassionately massacred most of the shipwrecked French Huguenots. The site of the massacres is still known by its Spanish name of Matanzas (massacres). In 1568 Men é ndez was appointed governor of Cuba. Drawing upon his experiences as captain general...
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