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Cespedes family

Cespedes family It comes from the toponym Cespedes, name of populations in the provinces of burgos and Cordoba, with origin in the plural of the ancient Castilian voice Cespede- "land covered with grass" or "little and dense grass that covers the ground". Those who carried the surname with honor and greatness as the knight of the order of Santiago Juan de Cespedes Figueroa 1713. From Seville were Francis de Cespedes and Figueroa knights of the order of Calatrava 1621. Gómez de Cespedes Figueroa, knights of the order of Santiago 1622. Bearers of this surname proved their nobility over several centuries, before the royal chancilleria of Valladolid and Granada. Hernando de Cespedes of the royal city, in 1582 and francisco de Cespedes Oviedo. From Belize, in 1622. This surname has emigrated to the whole world, especially to Hispaniola, as the Dominican Republic was called, with large settlements in the northern and southern parts of the island, you loved agricultural areas as its roots. And where does his fascination with tobacco come from?

The history of tobacco in the Dominican Republic dates back long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus to Hispaniola in 1492. The native Indians Arawak, like his cousins, the Tainos already cultivated and smoked tobacco for centuries.

It was on the first trip of Christopher Columbus, where Rodrigo de Jerez, sailor of the first trip of Colon America, took the first cigars to Spain.

Santiago de los caballeros and heart of the Cibao valley, where the Cespedes family comes from. The Dominican Republic currently exports more than 350 million cigars annually, is the main producer of quality cigars and has earned the nickname of the world capital of premium cigars.

  1. Cespedes fine Cigars

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