History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics

Ballou, Maturin M., History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics, Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company; New York: J.C. Derby; Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1854.

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Maturin Murray Ballou (April 14, 1820 – March 27, 1895) was a writer and publisher in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He co-founded Gleason's Pictorial, was the first editor of the Boston Daily Globe, and wrote numerous travel books and works of popular fiction.