|
José Lacret Morlot
José Lacret Morlot was a Cubans, Cuban revolutionary soldier, military leader, and politician, notable for his participation in both of Cuba's wars of independence against Spain. A descendant of a French family, Lacret became one of the most prominent advocates for Cuban independence and the abolition of slavery. His personal motto was: "Everything for Cuba!" (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Todo por Cuba!'') The street connecting the present-day neighborhoods of Diez de Octubre and Cerro, Havana, Cerro is named in his honor. Lacret's monument, a white marble bust, was decapitated by vandals in 2022. The on the Yumurí River in Matanzas was originally named after Lacret. Early life Lacret was born in Santiago de Cuba, Oriente Province—possibly on a family estate in Hongolosongo, 21 km from the city of El Cobre, Cuba. He was the son of Pedro Alejandro Lacraite León and Micaela Mourlot Deame, owners of three prosperous Coffee production, coffee plantations whose produce was ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Cobre, Cuba
El Cobre is a Cuban town and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the homonym province, with a population of about 7,000. Mainly known for a Basilica in honour of Our Lady of Charity, the patron saint of Cuba, it was until recently the site of a large copper mine worked by slaves, free coloured people, and for a while by miners from Cornwall. History Colonial era The town of El Cobre grew up around the Cobre mine, the first open pit copper mine in Cuba. It is about north west of Santiago Bay in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Copper was first mined there in 1532. The Spanish crown confiscated the mines in 1670 after the private contractor had failed to comply with the terms of his contract and had neglected them for years. 270 private slaves became the property of the king, and the town of El Cobre became a pueblo of king's slaves and free coloured people, a unique type of settlement in Cuba. By 1730 El Cobre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugarcane Mill
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar or plantation white sugar. Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar. The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice. Production of raw sugar There are a number of steps in producing raw sugar from cane: # Harvest and transport to the sugar factory # Juice extraction (cane preparation followed by milling or diffusion) # Purification of the juice (remove suspended solids from the juice, typically mud, waxes, fibres) # Evaporation of water (to concentrate the juice to a thick syrup of about 65°brix) # Crystallization # Centrifugation (Separation of the sugar crystals from the mother liquor, done by centrifugal machines) # Storage of sugar and molasses These processing steps will produce a brown or raw sugar. Raw sugar is generally sent to a sugar refinery to produce white sug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hato De Jicarita
Hato or HATO may refer to: Places * Hato International Airport, Willemstad, Curaçao * Hato, Curaçao, a village and former plantation in Curaçao * Hato, Santander, a town in Santander Department, Colombia * Hato, San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, a barrio in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico (U.S.) People with the surname * Ana Hato (1907–1953), New Zealand singer * Ergilio Hato (1926-2003), football goalkeeper from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles * Yasuhiro Hato (born 1976), Japanese footballer Other uses * Japanese torpedo boat ''Hato'', two Japanese warships * Typhoon Hato Typhoon Hato, known in the Philippines as Severe Tropical Storm Isang, was a strong tropical cyclone that struck South China in late August 2017. The thirteenth named storm and the fourth typhoon of the 2017 Pacific typhoon season, Pacific typh ... * Highways Agency Traffic Officer, UK See also * * {{Dove-surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quita Pesares
Keta is a coastal town and the capital of the Keta Municipal District in the Volta Region of Ghana. Keta was an important trading post between the 14th and the late 20th centuries. The town attracted the interest of the Danish, because they felt they could establish a base here without interference from rival European nations. Their first initiative was to place a factory at Keta to sell alcohol. Faced with the threat of war between Peki and an alliance of the Ashanti and the Akwamu, the North German Missionary Society (also known as the Bremen Missionaries) moved the focus of their activities from Peki to Keta. Their missionaries, Dauble and Plessing, landed at nearby Dzelukofe on September 2, 1853. Historically Keta was also known as ''Quittah'' or Agudzeawo (Easterners in old Ewe) and was assigned B27 as a postal mark. From 1874 Hausa Constabulary were based at Keta, and soon there grew to be a community of Hausa traders in the town. The author, and then colonial Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamship Florida Expedition
A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The first steamships came into practical usage during the early 19th century; however, there were exceptions that came before. Steamships usually use the ship prefix, prefix designations of "PS" for ''paddle steamer'' or "SS" for ''screw steamer'' (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is incorrectly assumed by many to stand for "steamship". Ships powered by internal combustion engines use a prefix such as "MV" for ''motor vessel'', so it is not correct to use "SS" for most modern vessels. As steamships were less dependent on wind patterns, new trade routes opened up. The steamship has been described as a "major driver of the first wave of trade globalization (1870–1913)" and contributor to "an increase in int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
