The Sugarcane Monument

The Sugarcane Monument (HM2JCE)

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N 18° 28.757', W 69° 52.69'

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 Monumento a la Caña "En 1420, Enrique Infante de Portugal, introdujo la caña en la isla descubierta por el un año antes y cuyos inmensos bosques le valieron el nombre de Isla de la Madera, donde pasó la caña a Canarias y a la Isla de Santo Tómas; y Pedro de Aranza en 1506 la llevó a la Isla Española, hoy llamada Santo Domingo, donde con tanta felicidad se multiplicó y tantos eran sus rendimientos que se afirma que con los productos de su impuesto fueron pagados los magníficos alcáceres de Madrid y de Toledo, mandados a edificar por Carlos V, habiendo Miguel Ballestero extraído el jugo y González de Veloza tenido la gloria de obtener azúcar por primera vez en el Nuevo Mundo."J. Rengade
English translation:The Sugarcane Monument "In 1420, Enrique Infante de Portugal introduced sugarcane on the island discovered by him the year before and whose immense forests earned it the name of Madiera (Wood). He then passed the cane to the Canary Islands and to the island of Santo Tómas. Pedro de Aranza in 1506 then took it to Hispaniola, today called Santo



Domingo, where with so much happiness it multiplied and became so profitable that it is affirmed that with the products of taxes paid on sugarcane the magnificent palaces of Madrid and Toledo were built by Carlos V. Later Miguel Ballestero extracted the juice and González de Veloza had the glory of obtaining sugar for the first time in the New World." J. Rengade
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Year Placed1992
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Date Added Saturday, August 3rd, 2019 at 5:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)19Q E 407286 N 2043438
Decimal Degrees18.47928333, -69.87816667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 18° 28.757', W 69° 52.69'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds18° 28' 45.42" N, 69° 52' 41.4" W
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