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Havana in the 1550s was a small coastal village with a very limited population that was vulnerable to attack. By 1610, however, under Spanish rule it had become
Beyond the Walled City
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"Once one of the most important port cities in the New World, Havana was a model for the planning and construction of other colonial cities. This book tells the
Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570-1640
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This work resituates the Spanish Caribbean as an extension of the Luso-African Atlantic world from the late sixteenth to the mid-seventeenth century, when the u
The Occupation of Havana
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In 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26,000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the wealthiest and most popul
Climate and Catastrophe in Cuba and the Atlantic World in the Age of Revolution
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From 1750 to 1800, a critical period that saw the American Revolution, French Revolution, and Haitian Revolution, the Atlantic world experienced a series of env