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Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, a Spaniard, came to Florida from Cuba..
Vicente Martinez Ybor
Spanish entrepreneur (1818–1896)
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Vicente Martinez Ybor c. History Tampa: Small Army Town created during the Seminole Wars Vicente Martinez Ybor came to Tampa and purchased 40 acres east of.1890 | |
| Born | 7 September 1818[1] Valencia, Spain |
| Died | 14 December 1896 (aged 78) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Industrialist, cigar manufacturer |
| Known for | Founder of Ybor City, Tampa |
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Vicente Martinez Ybor (7 September 1818 – 14 December 1896) was a Spanish entrepreneur who first became a noted industrialist and cigar manufacturer in Cuba, then Key West, and finally Tampa, Florida.
Martinez Ybor is best known for his founding the immigrant-populated cigar manufacturing town of Ybor City just outside Tampa, Florida in 1885. It was annexed by Tampa in 1887 and was a major factor in the community's rapid development from a small town into one of the largest cities in Florida and, for a time, the world's leader in cigar manufacturing.
In addition to his Principe de Gales