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Title

Drei Tage auf der Insel Cuba.

Authors

• Berendt, C. Hermann 1817-1878

Other related names

• Brinton, Daniel G. 1837-1899, former owner (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78096900)

Call number

Ms. Coll. 700 Item 230
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9929143023503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/778092103

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

German with occasional use of Spanish

Origin

Date

1860

Place

Veracruz?

Summary

Carbon copy of a manuscript by, and in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt, entitled Drei Tage auf der Insel Cuba (Three days on the island of Cuba). The manuscript carries the subtitle and dedication: Reise Fragment für meine Tochter Helene (travel fragment for my daughter Helene; f. ii). Relating the story in the past tense, Berendt tells of a trip that he took, evidently in early 1860, from his residence in Veracruz, Mexico, to Havana, Cuba; he travelled aboard the Spanish mail steamer Union via the ports of Celestún and Sisal (both in Yucatán, Mexico). On the title page (f. i), written just below the date 1860, are notes by Berendt that seem to indicate his having sent the manuscript in four parts to an unidentified addressee, as follows: 6 February, p. 1-22; 1 March, p. 23-38; 8 March, p. 39-46; 1 April, p. 47 to end. The narrative itself does not appear to specify the dates of the trip; however, there are two references to events in the past dated 1858 and 1859: at the point when the ship reaches Sisal, Berendt tells about a visit that he made to that city earlier, in the year 1858 (f. 12); and in experiences recounted to him by a doctor he meets, there is a mention of an outbreak of yellow fever in 1859 (f. 13). Sites in or near Havana that are mentioned include Paseo del Tacon; Cerro; Jesus del Monte; Alameda de Paula; Regla; and Guanabacoa. Among the people whom Berendt meets in Havana are the naturalist Juan Gundlach (1810-1896) (f. 44-45); and Simon de Cardenas and his family (f. 45, 48 f.). Berendt makes references to the African slave trade (f. 56-57, 62-63) and the trade in Chinese laborers (f. 61-63). The text contains occasional emendations to the carbon copy (p. 14, 19, 30). The volume has a table of contents at the back (f. 69).

Notes

• Title from title page (f. i).
   
• Ms. codex.
   
• 9. ff. 54-63: Fahrt nach Regla. Neger. Guanabacoa. Cerrito de la Long. Frühstück. Rückfahrt. Kulis.
   
• 10. ff. 64-68: Abschied von der Habana. Die Bienville.
   
• 1. ff. 1-5: Auf dem Vordeck der 'Union.' Passagiere.
   
• 2. ff. 5-11: Vor Celestún.
   
• 3. ff. 12-18: Sisal. Indianer Handel.
   
• 4. ff. 19-24: Einfahrt in den Hafen der Habana.
   
• 8. ff. 46-53: Mittagessen. Cahuzac & cie. Vermisste Brieftasche. Fahrt nach dem Cerro. Familie Cardenas. Alameda de Paula.
   
• 6. ff. 32-37: Mittagstisch. Buchladen. Herr Hoffmann. Paseo del Tacon. Retreta auf der Plaza.
   
• 7. ff. 38-45: Kathedrale. Möller. Omnibus nach dem Cerro. Jesus del Monte. Herr Gundlach und seine Sammlungen. Don Simon de Cardenas.
   
• 5. ff. 25-31: Landung. Zollhaus. Hotel del Union. Herr Mortfeld, Cabañas y Carbagel.
   

Extent

71 leaves : 219 x 137-140 mm bound to 226 x 147 mm

Foliation

Paper, ii (paper endleaves) + 71 + xv (paper endleaves); [i-ii], 1-68, [69]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center. A partial leaf bearing a drawing is bound in between f. 3 and 4. The text is written only on the rectos of leaves.

Support

Paper

Binding

Late 19th-century half leather.

Script

Written in the hand of C. Hermann Berendt.

Provenance

• From the collection of C. Hermann Berendt, later acquired by Daniel Garrison Brinton (University of Pennsylvania Library bookplate for Daniel Garrison Brinton Library, inside upper cover).
   

Subjects topical

• Berendt, C. Hermann--(Carl Hermann),--1817-1878
• Berendt, C. Hermann--(Carl Hermann),--1817-1878
• Slavery--Cuba
• Slavery
• Chinese
• Ocean travel
• Chinese--Cuba
• Ocean travel
• Cuba
• Havana (Cuba)--Description and travel

Genres

• Drawings (visual works)
• Memoirs
• Codices
• Manuscripts, German
• Manuscripts, Latin American

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Drei Tage auf der Insel Cuba