SquareTrade © AP6.0Guaranteed original authentic pieces. 1760's of the Borbonic era. Bid with confidence. I made the images large so you may enjoy reading the documents at their fullest. Great condition for 242 years old. You can read and make out almost the entire contents. Deals with a large shipment of salt in a 1768 document with an attached 1764 document signed by the Marques de Casa Caxigal with reference to a Francisco Palau. Una parte de la historia Cubana de la sexta decada del siglo XVIII...PUñO Y LETRA de el MARQUES DE CASA CAXIGAL...GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL!! BARACOA, CUBA El verdadero nombre de nuestra primera ciudad es Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa. Baracoa es la primera ciudad fundada en Cuba y sin embargo estuvo aislada por carretera durante 450 años. Fundada en 1510 no tuvo comunicación por tierra hasta que se creó el viaducto de la Farola 450 años más tarde. Cuba, the largest Antillean Island boasts sites of high historic value, which are closely linked to the country's evolution. One of these sites is in Cuba's eastern province of Guantánamo. It is a village founded by Conquistador Diego Velázquez between 1511 and 1512 with the original name of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Baracoa. It was the Island's first capital and the first archbishopric. In addition to its high historic value, the Island's prime village is characterized by its people's affable nature and the beauty of the city, surrounded by mountains, rivers and exuberant vegetation. The name of the village, Baracoa, comes from an aboriginal word meaning "presence of sea", a frank allusion to the presence of a marine atmosphere everywhere you go, in contrast with the mountains and rivers. The natural landscape is complemented by a 575-meter-high flattop mountain known as Yunque de Baracoa, or Baracoa's Anvil, which takes its name because of its similarity with that tool used by ironsmiths. Several rivers run through Baracoa, including the Toa, Cuba's biggest river, which has several waterfalls, being the 17-meter-high El Saltadero the most famous. Access to the city can be an adventure, since you have to take a very peculiar road around the mountains, known as La Farola, which has 11 hanging bridges and whose highest point is Altos de Cotilla, which is 600 meters above sea level. Images copied from eBay: 6f_12_1507_2.JPG, 1b_12_1507_3.JPG, 4a_12_1507_4.JPG, 8a_12_1507_5.JPG, 6d_12_1507_6.JPG

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