Havana | |
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| San Cristóbal de la Habana | |
 Map of the city and harbour of Havana in 1740 |
Havana was founded in the sixteenth century displacing Santiago de Cuba as the island's most important city when it became a major port for Atlantic shipping, particularly the Spanish treasure fleet.[1]
- ^ Alejandro de la Fuente, Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press 2008.