Tomás Emeterio del Sacramento Sosa y Wangüemert: un veguero isleño en Cuba, un pionero del tabaco y patriarca en la isla de Trinidad /

Abstract

Born in the Canary Islands of Spanish and Portuguese (Sosa) and Flemish (van Ghemert/ Wangüemert) origin, Tomás Sosa Wangüemert (1859-1925) left his homeland of the island of La Palma at an early age and emigrated to Camagüey, Cuba where he spent two decades growing tobacco. In the late 19th century (ca. 1889), was contracted by the Government of Trinidad to grow tobacco and develop the industry on that island, where he settled and remained for more than three decades. This article traces the history of this tobacco pioneer and his contribution to the tobacco industry in Trinidad in the 19th century until the early 20th century.