Remaining Plantation Building #1

Valle de los Ingenios - Sugar Plantations

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April 29th 2018
Valle de los Ingenios, Valley of the Sugar Mills, is a series of three interconnected valleys about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) outside of Trinidad, Cuba. The three valleys, San Luis, Santa Rosa, and Meyer, were a centre for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century. (Wilikipedia) Based on the slave trade, sugar production was the most highly mechanized in the world, wi ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Cuba

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The native Amerindian population of Cuba began to decline after the European discovery of the island by Christopher COLUMBUS in 1492 and following its development as a Spanish colony during the next several centuries. Large numbers of African slaves ... ... read more