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The Ancient Records of the Island

The Words in Spanish and Rendered in English with which Columbus Reports the Discovery of Cuba--The Words in which he Reported the Smoking of Tobacco by the Islanders--The Account of the First Mass Celebrated in the New World. We reserve for a special chapter the interesting first records of the long story. They possess the greatest value, and have been accurately produced by careful investigation. The accepted account of the first mass in America is wrong. The truth is here set forth. The temple in Havana marks the spot where the first celebration occurred on the site of the city. It was during the voyage the first mass was said that Columbus discovered Jamaica, and he sailed west as far as the Isle of Pines. A few days more would have informed him that he had found a great island, and not a continent as he believed all his life. He had been dead two years when Cuba was first circumnavigated.