The university of San Geronimo de la Habana, founded on a bull of 1721 because degrees cost a voyage

Havana's university was asked for by its town council on the ground that its young men had to sail to Salamanca, Mexico or Santo Domingo to take a degree. A papal bull of 1721 and a royal pase of 1728 authorised a Dominican convent to found it "ad instar" of Santo Domingo - whose rulebook, when sought, could not be found, so the doctors had to write their own. Chairs went by public competition, except the first ones.