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Title: A pronouncing gazetteer and geographical dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America with maps, charts and illustrations
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Insular Affairs United States. 57th Congress (1st session, 1901-1902) Keim, De B. Randolph (De Benneville Randolph), 1841-1914
Subjects: Philippines -- Description and travel Gazetteers Philippines -- Politics and government 1898-1935
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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-vcc-tav), Hisp.: lat. 14° 2855N., Ion.120° .36 19 E. Naval headquarters of Philip-pine I. and capital of Cavite province (subjectto change), pueblo, post-office, and money-or-der station, on inner shore of crescent-shapedpeninsula, forming natural breakwater atseaward end of deep bight in E. side of Ma-nila Bay. After passing Corregidor, at en-trance to Jfanila Bay, NE. course leads toSangley Pt.. light and landmark of that partof coast. Within this point is Canacao Bay, CAVITE—Continued. on N. shore of which are hamlets Faro andCanacao. Tongue of land about U m. long,projecting due £., separates waters of Caiia-cao Bay on N. and Bacoor Bay, inner harborof Cavite, on S. On this projection are situ-ated fortifications and arsenal, while imme-diately W. across intervening isthmus is townof San Roque, and on S. shore of Bacoor Bay,Cavite Viejo. Fine road starts from nere alongbay for Manila. After crossing Imus Riv. it Telegraph. Telephone. UAZKTTEKK OF THK PHILIlJlNE ISLANDS. 4f)3
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454 GAZETTEER OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. CAVITE—Cnntinucd. pusses thniuKli Biiooorand Parafiaqne, thenecthroiiKh Muibav. l-ineda, Malate, Ermita, towalled city of Manila, distance of 8 m. instraight line, and fully twice that distanceby road. While town of Cavite is walled,fortifications are at end of land projection,stronghold of position being Port SanFelipe on landward line, with bulwarks ofGuadalupe on extreme point between Cana-cao and Bacoor bays, and sweeping CaviteBay on E. In addition to its paraphernalia ofwarlike defense, town is extremely pictur-esque in its location. It is in telegraphiccommunication with all points on islands.Buildings, public and private, are of stone:garrison and employees of arsenal make uppopulation. About 3 m. to SW. is Tierra Alta,as its name indicates. It is a favorite resortof foreigners for recuperation from effects ofclimate. Roadstead of Manila being un-safe at certain seasons harbor of Cavite affordsprotection. Pop., Cn., 1887, 2,392. town

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