Project Gutenberg 2018-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 172 Real Academia de la Historia (Spain) Academia de la Historia, Madrid Regia Historiae Academia Hispana Historia, Real Academia de la Colección de Documentos Inéditos Relativos al Descubrimiento, Conquista y Organización de las Antiguas Posesiones Españolas de Ultramar. Tomo 4, De La Isla De Cuba, II Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Nahum Maso i Carcases, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Colección de Documentos Inéditos Relativos al Descubrimiento, Conquista y Organización de las Antiguas Posesiones Españolas de Ultramar" is a historical account compiled in the late 19th century. This work contains a series of primary documents and texts that detail the early Spanish colonial experience, focusing specifically on Cuba from the time of its discovery and conquest to the mid-16th century. The collection provides insights into the political, social, and economic challenges faced by the Spanish colonizers in the New World. The opening of this volume presents an introduction that contextualizes the contents, highlighting the significance of the documents that follow. It recounts the period of Spanish dominance in Cuba from Diego Velázquez's initial arrival in the early 1500s up to 1537, detailing the political struggles and administrative changes on the island. This section emphasizes the tension between local authorities, including the Almirantes of the Indies, and royal power, offering a glimpse into the relationships and conflicts that characterized early colonial governance. The beginning establishes a framework for understanding the complex dynamics of Spanish colonial rule and the economic factors, including declining gold resources and the subsequent calls for diversified development in the colony. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 49.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. es America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish Spain -- Colonies Latin America -- History -- Sources E011 Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Royalty 967122 2025-06-22T13:52:18.573454 text/html 959872 2018-02-22T05:19:44 text/html 536435 2025-06-22T13:52:39.797366 application/epub+zip 541862 2025-06-22T13:52:21.371434 application/epub+zip 508644 2025-06-22T13:52:19.923478 application/epub+zip 728090 2025-06-22T13:52:50.826333 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 553945 2025-06-22T13:52:38.073382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524469 2022-08-25T13:18:45.196419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748174 2025-06-22T13:52:16.479530 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 748087 2018-02-22T05:19:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19330 2025-06-22T13:52:51.012321 application/rdf+xml 8803 2025-06-22T13:52:20.132442 image/jpeg 1960 2025-06-22T13:52:20.030477 image/jpeg 235165 2018-02-22T05:19:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 330502 2018-02-22T05:19:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 338203 2025-06-22T13:52:18.641452 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia