Acknowledgements

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Ed Carson, retired Director of the Corkscrew Bald Cypress Swamp, Audubon Sanctuary

Michael Mirolla, an inspiration, as well as my editor

David Moratto, a designer who listens, then delivers

Mervat Haddad, technical and creative advisor

Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain

Archivo Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín

Archivo General de Puerto Rico

Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de San Juan (ARQSJ)

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Randell Research Centre: Florida Museum of Natural History

Waterloo Region District School Board

Cancer Medicine by Waun Ki Hong, MD, DMSc (Hon), Robert C. Bast, Jr, MD, William N. Hait, MD, PhD, Donald W. Kufe, MD, Raphael E. Pollock, MD, PhD, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, MD, James F. Holland, MD, Emil Frei III, MD