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The Dominican Republic in the American Press: United States newspaper coverage of the island, gathered and translated for readers in both languagesLa República Dominicana en la prensa estadounidense: la cobertura de la isla en los periódicos de Estados Unidos, reunida y traducida para lectores en ambos idiomas
January 1, 19841 de enero de 1984 · Later yearsAños posteriores

The Houston Chronicle

SourceFuente: The Houston Chronicle · January 1, 19841 de enero de 1984
Obtained from newspapers.comObtenido de newspapers.com

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Later yearsAños posteriores · 1964–1984

Coverage that runs past the collection's main years. The newspapers kept watching the island after 1963, and these later articles belong with the story they continue.Cobertura que sigue más allá de los años principales de la colección. Los periódicos siguieron mirando la isla después de 1963, y estos artículos tardíos pertenecen a la historia que continúan.

← Earlier articleArtículo anterior: The Daily Breeze · March 25, 196425 de marzo de 1964Later articleArtículo siguiente: The Houston Chronicle · January 1, 19841 de enero de 1984 →

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This page carries the passage as it was found on the newspaper page, copied with its reading errors and all. The article's fuller presentation is still to come; the original page is linked above.Esta página lleva el pasaje tal como se encontró en la página del periódico, copiado con sus errores de lectura y todo. La presentación completa del artículo aún está por venir; la página original está enlazada arriba.

this hemisphere. The Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor was the first built in

While the precise locale of thegreatexplorer's burial is questioned, the

most convincing arguments have been in favor of the ornatetomb insidethe

Santo Domingo cathedral. Ithasbeen suggestedforexample,thatabonefromhisskeleton orsimilar

relicmayhavebeenburied in Seville,Spain,thus giving riseto claimsthat

Sevilleis Columbus eternal home. But oneknowledgeable guide in Seville says that Santo Domingo is where

Christopher Columbus is buried If you happentobe here on Columbus Day(Oct.12).youmaybeable to

glimpseOldChris,sincethecoffintraditionallyisopenedtoviewontheanni-

versary of hisdiscovery of theNewWorld. Thesemost Columbian of relics werebroughtto Hispaniola in the mid-

1540sfromSpain,whereColumbusdiedin1506,then wereburied in a secret vault within the cathedral

Within a block of the cathedral are the Ozama Fort and its component

Tower of Homage, both built in thefirstdecadeof the1500s.Thegrounds of thefortress arespacious and parklike,quitea contrasttothe narrow,steep

top. spiral stairwaythattakes visitors throughadim,chimneylike passagetothe

toothfringeof the walls.To the east is the Rio Ozama and the portof Santo Atopthetower,visitorscan scan amarvelous panoramathroughthesaw

Domingo,where a freighter maymoor so close to the shore that it almost

Page desigsby Harriel FisherKall,Cheronicie Sta La Atarazana, still in operation, was the first shopping street seems tied to the fortress itself. Look north,toward theriver's source,andyou can see traffic-clogged

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