Espejo de Paciencia

Description:

First epic-historic poem written in Cuba in 1608 by Silvestre de Balboa. It tells of the capture of the bishop of Cuba, Fray Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano by a group of French pirates and of his ransom and rescue by a group of men from Bayamo (1602).

subjects: Cuba,  history,  poetry,  Poesía cubana,  Cuban poetry,  Cuban drama (Comedy),  Cuban literature

People: Silvestre de Balboa,  Cabezas Altamirano

Places: Bayamo,  Yara,  Cuba

Times: 1602,  1608,  early colony,  Cuba