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BENGUELLA (Sao Felipe de Benguella)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 737 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BENGUELLA (Sao Felipe de Benguella)

BENGUELLA (Sao Felipe de Benguella) , a See also:

TOWN

town of Portuguese See also:

West See also:

Africa, See also:

capital of Benguella See also:

DISTRICT

district, on a See also:

BAY

bay of the same name, in 12° 33' S., 13° 25' E. Benguella was founded in 1617 by the Portuguese under Manoel Cerveira Pereira. It was See also:

long the centre of an important See also:

trade, especially in slaves to See also:

Brazil and See also:

CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba, but has now greatly declined. The anchorage, about a mile from the town, in 4 to 6 fathoms, is nothing but an open road-See also:

STEAD, WILLIAM THOMAS (1849– )

stead. Besides the churches of S. Felipe and S. See also:

Antonio, the See also:

HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, and the fortress, there are only a few See also:

stone-built houses. The See also:

white See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population See also:

numbers about 1500. A See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short way beyond Benguella is See also:

BAHIA

Bahia Tarta, where See also:

salt is manufactured and See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur excavated. About 20 M. See also:

north of Benguella is Lobito Bay, a natural See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour chosen (1903) as the starting-point of a railway to See also:

KATANGA

Katanga. At Lobito steamers can come See also:

close inshore and See also:

DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge See also:

CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo See also:

DIRECT

direct. Lobito is connected with Benguella by a railway which passes about midway through Katumbella, a town at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river of the same name, and the See also:

sea See also:

TERMINUS

terminus of an See also:

ancient route from the See also:

heart of Central Africa through Bihe.

Old Benguella is a small town about 120 M. north of Lobito Bay.

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