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    several years later. Not long thereafter, Ovando founded Santa Maria del Puerto. The latter was first burned by French explorers in 1535, then again in...
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    called Santa María del Puerto del Príncipe; between 1747 and 1753 Luis de Unzaga y Amézaga, then captain governor of Puerto del Príncipe, rehabilitated the...
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    oversight of judicial affairs until the establishment of new audiencias in Puerto Príncipe (1800) and Havana (1838). In 1825, as a result of the loss of the mainland...
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    and were transporting them on the ship to their plantations near Puerto Príncipe (modern Camagüey, Cuba). The revolt began after the schooner's cook...
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    Santa María de Puerto Príncipe, which was often referred to simply as Puerto Príncipe and which is now known as Camagüey. Puerto Príncipe was a provincial...
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  • the history of the city of Camagüey, Cuba. 1528 - Santa María del Puerto Príncipe established by settlers relocating from Caonao, and previously from...
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    Joaquín de Agüero (November 15, 1816, Puerto Príncipe – August 12, 1851, Puerto Príncipe) was a Cuban revolutionary. In 1843 he freed all his slaves. In...
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  • Real Audiencia of Santo Domingo (category Colonial Puerto Rico)
    year and called the Real Audiencia of Puerto Príncipe. This Audiencia maintained jurisdiction over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Louisiana and Florida. In 1838 the...
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    [ˈbasko poɾˈkaʎo ðe fiˈɣeɾoa]; Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, c. 1494 – Puerto Príncipe, Cuba, 1550) was a Spanish conquistador. He played a significant role...
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    fraud and bribery. Evangelina Cosio was born on September 23, 1877, in Puerto Príncipe, Cuba. She was the daughter of Augustin Cosio, who was an active participant...
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