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Spanish colonization was not altogether a pillaging expedition, nor were the civil and ecclesiastical officials so many gold-hungry looters. A number of them were men with excellent educational and cultural backgrounds. Some were among the leading scientists and scholars of the day; others, themselves men of letters, encouraged the production of literature in the New World. >>more...>>

Title: "Cultural Life," from Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén
Author: Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
Date: 1940

Publisher: The University Society, Inc. New York
Type: American Guide Series

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Puerto Rico

Notes: From Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén
Compiled and Written by the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration in Co-operation with the Writer's Program of the Work Projects Administration
American Guide Series
Sponsored by the Puerto Rico Department of Education
The University Society, Inc. New York, 1940, p. 134-164.