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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 634 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PUERTO CABELLO , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and See also:

PORT

port of See also:

VENEZUELA

Venezuela, in the See also:

state of See also:

CARABOBO

Carabobo, 20 M. N. by W. of See also:

Valencia, the See also:

capital of the state. Pop. (1891), 10,145. Puerto Cabello has railway connexions with Valencia and See also:

CARACAS

Caracas. It stands on a small See also:

peninsula which partly shelters a large See also:

BAY

bay, called " Golfo Triste," by the See also:

early See also:

SPANISH

Spanish navigators. After La Guayra the 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 is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal port of Venezuela, and it is provided with See also:

mole, wharves, railway communication with the interior, and other facilities for the handling of merchandise and produce. The See also:

TOWN

town and harbour were strongly fortified in colonial times, but the port defences were greatly damaged in 1902 in a See also:

BOMBARDMENT

bombardment by some See also:

German vessels of the allied blockading See also:

FLEET

fleet. Among the exports are See also:

COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, cacao, dyewoods, hides, skins, and See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper ores. Puerto Cabello suffered much in the See also:

War of See also:

Independence, changing hands several times and remaining in the See also:

possession of See also:

Spain down to 1823.

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