ALICANTE  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province described above, and one of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal seaports of the-See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Pop . (1900) 50,142 . It is situated in 38° 21' N. and o° 26' W., on the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Alicante, an inlet of the Mediterranean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . It is the termini of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways from See also:

• MADRID

Madrid and See also:

• MURCIA

Murcia . From its 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, the See also:

• TOWN

town presents a striking picture . Along the See also:

• SHORE

shore extends the Pasco de los Martires, a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double See also:

• AVENUE (the past participle feminine of Fr. avenir, to come to)

avenue of palms; behind this, the See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat-roofed houses rise in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent towards the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hills which surround the See also:

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

city, and terminate, on the right, in a See also:

• BARE

bare See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock, 400 ft. high, surmounted by an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient citadel . Its dry and equable See also:

• CLIMATE

climate renders Alicante a popular See also:

• HEALTH

health-resort . The city is an episcopal see, and contains a See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral . The bay affords See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good anchorage, but only small vessels can come up to the two moles . The harbour is fortified, and there is a small lighthouse on the eastern See also:

• MOLE
• MOLE, LOUIS MATHIEU, COMTE (1781—1855)
• MOLE, MATHIEU (1584—1656)

mole; important See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• WORKS

works, subsidized by the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, were undertaken in 1902 to provide better accomodation . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year 1737 vessels of 939,789 tons entered the See also:

• PORT

port .

The See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade of Alicante consists chiefly in the manufacture of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton, See also:

• LINEN

linen and woollen goods, cigars and See also:

• CONFECTIONERY (from Lat. confectio, conficere, compound)

confectionery; the importation of See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, machinery, See also:

• MANURES

manures, See also:

• TIMBER

timber, See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak staves and See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish; and the exportation of See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• FARM

farm produce and red wines, which are sent to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France for blending with better vintages . See also:

• FINE

Fine See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble is procured in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Plana near the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Alicante was the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Lucentum; but, despite its antiquity, it has few Roman or Moorish remains . In 718, it was occupied by the See also:

• MOORS (Lat. Mauri; Gr. Mavpot, dark men)
• MOORS, KABYLES, MZABITES

Moors, who were only expelled in 1304, and made an unsuccessful See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to recapture the city in 1331 . Alicante was besieged by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1709, and by the Federalists of See also:

• CARTAGENA, or CARTHAGENA

Cartagena in 1873 . For an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the events which led up to these two sieges, see See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

SPAIN . For further details of the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• HISTORY

history, see J . Pastor de la Roca, Historia See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general de la See also:

• CIUDAD

ciudad y See also:

• CASTILLO

castillo de Alicante, &c . (Alicante, 1854); and the Ensayo biogrdfico bibliogrdfico de escritores de Alicante y de su provincia, by M . R . See also:

• GARCIA
• GARCIA (DEL POPOLO VICENTO), MANOEL (1775-1832)

Garcia and A . Montero y See also:

• PEREZ, ANTONIO (c. 1540-1611)

Perez (Alicante, 1890) .