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Brother  Marie-Victorin on the Varadero beach, with his sisters and a friends, 1939
Exposition Sous le soleil de Cuba [Jardin botanique de Montréal]
Under the Cuban Sun Cuba Marie-Victorin Itineraries Cuba's Provinces

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[This theme is the last of the virtual exhibit]

ORIENTE

Any botanist who has rambled around Havana and even into the Pinar del Rio mountains still hasn't seen anything until he heads toward the Eastern province, where the revelation of the Sierra Maestra flora awaits hum.


It's hard not to be enraptured by this splendid line of lomas risind languidly across the southern horizon, topped by a lovely blue swath against which the stiff foliage of Clusia rosea is outlined, like the foreground of a theatre set!


Soon, when the mist starts to flow down the loma mountainside between the Pinus occidentalis, I will have to try to capture it all in a colour photo!


From atop Loma del Gato.

Since the visit of Marie-Victorin, the Oriente Province,
which included all of eastern Cuba, was split into several provinces.
From atop Loma del Gato.<br /><br /><span class="udemg">Since the visit of Marie-Victorin, the Oriente Province,<br /> which included all of eastern Cuba, was split into several provinces. </span>
Credits: UdeM: E01185FP11532

The panels are shown according to their order in the exhibit.
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1 - 11 on a total of 11 panels for this theme

Under the Cuban Sun
The Sierra Maestra is home to the Island?s highest mountains.
Under the Cuban Sun
Precious coconuts
Under the Cuban Sun
The Sugar Cane
Under the Cuban Sun
Moa country
Under the Cuban Sun
In the land of another pine
Under the Cuban Sun
Dracaena cubensis: a find that thrilled Marie-Victorin
Under the Cuban Sun
At eleven o?clock
we were in Baracoa harbour...
Under the Cuban Sun
In the land of cocoa and coffee
Under the Cuban Sun
Between Baracoa and Mais
Under the Cuban Sun
Mais
Under the Cuban Sun
Aqui termina Cuba!
This is the end of our journey.
                 
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Under the Cuban Sun with Marie-Victorin [Jardin botanique de Montréal]


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