Don vicente martinez ybor biography of barack

In , Vicente Martinez Ybor (), a Spanish immigrant from Valencia who had gone to Cuba in , began making El Principe de Gales brand cigar in Havana.  The dissertation titled Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, the Man and His Empire: Development of the Clear Havana Industry in Cuba and Florida in the Nineteenth Century presents a detailed history of his life.

Biography of Vicente Martinez Ybor

 El Principe de Gales brand was a knock-off of the Prince Of Wales brand of cigars which were made by another factory during the same time. Martinez Ybor also made a knock-off of the popular Figaro brand dubbed A Lo Figaro.  

In  the devastating 10 Year's War began in Cuba, so in Martinez Ybor moved El Principe de Gales factory to Key West to escape the war and evade arrest for aiding Cuban rebels during their uprising against Spain.  In Martinez Ybor moved El Principe De Gales to Tampa, due to fire damage to his factory and to labor unrest between Spanish Birth of Ybor City, the Cigar Capital of the World - This ...

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