The city's strategic but isolated position led to it changing hands among different Western powers a number of times; at different times it was held by the Spanish, the French, the British, the United States, and the Confederate States of America.
The city's strategic but isolated position led to it changing hands among different Western powers a number of times. It was held by the Spanish. This was at different times. It was held by the French. This was at different times. It was held by the British. This was at different times. It was held by the United States. This was at different times. It was held by the Confederate States of America. This was at different times.