The names of some ports sometimes varied in different shipping and/or passenger lists. To facilitate searching we have tried to always use a preferred form of the name as follows:
Please note that the term "& escalas" signifies "and intermediate stops".
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Spanish | English | propulsion | notes |
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de guerra | warship | - | |
correo | mail ship | - | |
vapor | steamship | steam | |
fragata | frigate | sail (steam after the 1850's) | 3 masts rigged with multiple sails. Often a heavily armed warship. |
balandra | sloop | sail | small ship with a deck and 1 mast |
bergantin | brigantine | sail | 2 masts - at least one square rigged |
polacra | - | sail | small brigantine - 2 or 3 square rigged masts with no mast platforms |
corbeta | corvette | sail | 3 square rigged masts - small frigate |
goleta | schooner | sail | 2 or 3 masts of equal length |
pailebot | - | sail | small schooner - shorter forward mast |
polnera | ? | sail | ? (not in Diccionario de la Lengua Española) |
lugre | lugger | sail | small ship - 3 masts with sails in thirds and flying topsail. |
bal. vivero | fish farm raft | ? | |
místico | - | sail | coastal ship with 3 (sometimes 2) masts. |
Abbreviation | meaning |
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belg | belga (Belgian) |
brem | from Bremen (Germany) |
au | austriaca/o (Austrian) |
am | americana/o (USA) |
esp | española/o (Spanish) |
fr | frances/a (French) |
ing | ingles (British) |
germ | germanico/a (German) |
CR | from Costa Rica |
sardo | from Sardinia |
(see data base main page for more details)
code | source | published in |
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AER | Archivos Españoles en la Red (Spain Archives on the Web - now PARES - Portal de Archivos Españoles) | the Internet |
BP | El Bien Publico | Santiago de Cuba |
CPI | Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias | Seville & Madrid |
DH | Diario de La Habana | La Habana |
DLM | Diario de La Marina | La Habana |
GH | Gaceta de La Habana | La Habana |
JP | Jorge Piñón | unpublished - transcribed from Municipal Archives in Gijon |
MR/DC | Miriam Rivera & David Chudleigh | unpublished |
SM | Ship Manifests (from destination port) | Ancestry.com |
UC | La Union Constitucional | La Habana |
VC | La Voz de Cuba | La Habana |
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