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National Geographic : 1947 May
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The National Geographic Magazine Kurt Severin from Black Star Perhaps This Old Cannon Fired on Sir Francis Drake's Raiding Ships Four centuries ago Cartagena was the greatest fortress on the Spanish Main. Gold and gems, booty from South American colonies, were gathered there for annual shipment to Spain (page 655). Hilltop battlements and city walls 60 feet wide were built to protect the wealth from buccaneers, but Drake and other adventurers plundered the "Queen of the Indies." Up-to-date hotels and offices rise in the distance near the old Cathedral, along streets shaded by overhanging balconies. Crumbling barricades atop a hill called La Popa command the harbor entrances. 656
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