See also:

• CAMPECHE (CAMPEACHY)
• CAMPECHE, or CAMPECHE DE BARANDA

CAMPECHE, or CAMPECHE DE BARANDA  , a fortified See also:

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

city and See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, and See also:

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

capital of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the same name, situated on the See also:

• BAY

Bay of See also:

• CAMPECHE (CAMPEACHY)
• CAMPECHE, or CAMPECHE DE BARANDA

Campeche, 825 M . E. of the city of Mexico and 90 m . S.W. of See also:

• MERIDA
• MERIDA (anc. Augusta Emerita, capital of Lusitania)

Merida, in See also:

• LAT

lat . 2o° 5' N., See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . 9o° 16' W . Pop . (1900) 17,109 . Campeche was one of the three open ports of this See also:

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

coast under the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish regime, and its walls, See also:

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

general See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, See also:

• FINE

fine public edifices, shady squares and comfortable See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone residences are See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth it once possessed . It is still one of the most attractive towns on the Gulf coast of Mexico . It had a See also:

• MONOPOLY (Gr. govomeXla or govoircaXwv, exclusive sale, from govds, alone, and irwXeiv, to sell)

monopoly of the See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan 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 and enjoyed large profits from its See also:

• LOGWOOD (so called from the form in which it is imported)

logwood exports, both of which have been largely lost . It was formerly the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal port for the state and for a See also:

• PART

part of Yucatan, but the port of Carmen at the entrance to See also:

• LAGUNA, or LA LAGUNA

Laguna de Terminos is now the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping port for logwood and other See also:

• FOREST

forest products, and a considerable part of the trade of Campeche has been transferred to Progreso, the port of Merida . The port of Campeche is a shallow roadstead defended by three forts and protected by a stone See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier or See also:

• WHARF

wharf 16o ft. long, but vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing more than 9 ft. are compelled to See also:

• LIE, JONAS LAURITZ EDEMIL (1833—1908)
• LIE, MARIUS SOPHUS (1842–1899)

lie outside 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 into lighters .

The exports include logwood, 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, hides, See also:

• WAX

wax, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt and cigars of See also:

• LOCAL

local manufacture . The principal public buildings are the old citadel, some old churches, the See also:

• TOWN

town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, a handsome See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, See also:

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

hospital and See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market . The streets are traversed by tramways, and a railway runs See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastward to Merida . Campeche stands on the site of an old native town, of which there are interesting remains in the vicinity, and which was first visited by Hernandez de C6rdoba in 1517 . The Spanish town was founded in 1540, and was sacked by the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1659 and by See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers in 1678 and 1685 . During the revolution of 1842 Campeche was the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of many engagements between the Mexicans and See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Yucatan .