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SUIPWJiECK or COHTEZ. 
wore crowns of gold on tlieir heads.” “ Catavo fChma) 
m lov V«-?' r' «oon to 
at SL in <; ™ ''■I'om he had embarked 
Sand of Aineiaca. Other remembrances of the 
island of Pinos, and the surrounding Gardens are con- 
nected with the conquest of Mexico. 'VV’lien Hcrnan Cortes 
h'r he was wreclied with 
IV the the Jardinillos. 
the Wiant f to be lost, and 
tile lalunt J edio dc .Alvarado .sent (in IVovember PtlS f 
irom the port of Carenas* (the Ilavannah) three vessels in 
^ehraarr, 1519, CortL assembled Ifis 
n hole fleet near cape San Antonio, probablf on the snot 
^hich stdl bears the name of Ensenada de Cortes, west^of 
. tabauo, and opposite to the island of Pinos. Erom thence 
elieving he should better escape the snares laid for liiin bv 
:: fo^ToTSr^^St'" eWe:tinei;'o 
tne coast of Mexico, btrange vicissitude of events ' the 
empire of Montezuma was shaken by a handful of men who 
Srcmi’r'of V th.ba, landed on 
tlie coast of lucataii; and in our days, tliree centuries 
“ written by the discoverer of tl.e New World ; 
eanr;Uar& • ^"'“””^“^1 ” -y believe me, the globe o? the 
sLrj Sg” even y'earf was'?oM th\r my enterprise 
i," n, " ’ “ •- "“-l >»y body is enfeebfed. I laven am 
ments were only united in loll), when the Puerto dp P These settle - 
name of San Cristoval dc la Habana. ■< Cortes ” h 
a la Villa de San Cristoval que ii la sazon esteba p„ 1 , 
