... General Lorenzo, who immediately assembled the authorities,corporations and functionaries, in pursuance of the example of his predecessors, who, without waiting for theorders of the higher authority ... TO THE HARBOR OF HAVANA.]History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller by Maturin M. Ballou 1CHAPTER I.The Island of Cuba Early colonists Island aborigines First importation of slaves Cortez and ... treasury, was not dreamed of at this stage of its history.Even the enthusiastic followers of Cortez, who sought that fabulous El Dorado of the New World, had nogolden promise to hold forth for this...