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HAVANA,from the Quarries
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64. HAVANA, FROM THE QUARRIES, CUBA
-Havana is a seaport and the capital of Cuba,
situated on a fine bay on the northern coast.
It is the commercial center of the West Indies,
and one of the principal commercial cities of
America. The chief exports are sugar, cigars
and tobacco. The leading manufacture is to-
bacco. It contains a cathedral (begun 1724)
and many public parks and promenades. It was
founded in 1519 and was taken several times
in the 17th century by bucaneers, and by the
English in 1762, but restored to Spain in 1763.
Population about. 250,000.
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