Title: 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
Places: Bayamo, Yara, Cuba
People: Silvestre de Balboa, Cabezas Altamirano
Time periods: 1602, 1608, early colony, Cuba