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CHAPTER I

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"In Cuba the Annals of America Begin"--The First Landing Place of Columbus--Theories Concerning Various Islands--His Expectation of Reaching the Coast of Asia--Cuba Supposed to be Cathay--The Physical History of Cuba--Character of the Aboriginal Inhabitants--A Race of Amiable Savages Without Enduring Monuments.

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