Drawing of Santo Domingo

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uring the second half of the XVI century, the presence of English and French corsairs in Caribbean waters obliged the Spanish monarchy to get involved in an expensive fortification policy of the most important population. The city of Santo Domingo was one of the worst defended situations that had been worsened by the population decrease suffered by the island due to the measures taken to avoid smuggling and the obliged depopulation of all the population settled in the north. In 1606 the inhabitants of Santo Domingo had been reduced to 648 inhabitants before, due to the cities lack of defences, it had been transitorily occupied by the English.

This folder includes:

• Map of the city of Santo Domingo.
• Explanatory text.

Size of the document 810 x 410 mm.

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