FINDING NAPOLEON IN CUBA PART 3 (CORRECTION)
Napoleon in Cuba at the Museo Napoleonica, Vibert’s painting of Napoleon Planning his coronation, correction to Finding Napoleon in Cuba Part 3
Napoleon in Cuba
FINDING NAPOLEON BONAPARTE IN CUBA, PART 2
If you read my last blog post, you know I visited Havana’s Museo Napoleónico. Thanks to the Cuban sugar magnate, Julio Lobo, the museum houses the Western Hemisphere’s largest exhibition of Napoleon Bonaparte’s artifacts. My favorite piece is Napoleon’s pocket watch from his exile on St Helena. But how did it end up in Cuba? Like so …