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National Geographic : 1966 Feb
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Eventually the British flag did fly over the Castillo de San Marcos. In 1762 a British force captured Havana; the following year Britain and Spain signed a treaty which, in effect, traded Florida for Cuba. When word of this treaty reached St. Au gustine, the citizens-numbering more than 3,000-were horrified. They had worked for 200 years to keep the English out. Almost to a man they moved away, taking their belong ings with them but abandoning their homes 220 (some of them by this time handsome coquina houses), their churches, and their castillo. The real irony was that in a mere 20 years, Britain gave Florida back to Spain. Minorcans Came Under British Flag I had not been in St. Augustine many days when I began hearing a phrase that puzzled me. When someone's name (Mr. Manucy's, for instance) was mentioned to me in conversa tion, it was very likely to be followed by the
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