Source: The Menendez Marquez Cattle Barony at La Chua and the Determinants of Economic Expansion in Seventeenth-Century Florida (ID163)
Author: Bushnell, Amy (ID32)
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1685-10-06 - 1685-10-06
Spanish imported Cuban cattle and kept them on islands
The Crown tried to encourage commercial hide production in Florida. Governors imported Cuban cattle at great expense to keep on the nearby coastal islands, but with little result. The animals died from a shortage of pasture and fresh water, and some even from mosquito bites. [Note: The cattle were first placed on islands because it obviated the need for fences and horses, and it kept them away from hungry Indians and soldiers.] (Francisco de la Rocha and Francisco de Cigarroa, October 6, 1685.)
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