CARTAGO  , the See also:

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

capital of the See also:

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

province of Cartago, in See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

Costa Rica, Central See also:

• AMERICA

America; 13 M . E.S.E. of See also:

• SAN

San Jose by the trans-See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental railway . Pop . (1900) 4536 . Cartago is built 4930 ft. above 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-level, on the fertile and beautiful See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of San Jose, and at the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• BASE

base of the See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano Irazu(ir,2ooft.) . Some of its older buildings, especially the churches, are of considerable See also:

• INTEREST

interest; but all See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear marks of the volcanic disturbances from which the See also:

• TOWN

town has suffered on many occasions—notably in 1723, when it was nearly overwhelmed by the bursting of the flooded See also:

• CRATER

crater of Irazi, and in 1841, when it was shattered by an See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake . There are hot See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs much frequented by invalids at Bella Vista, a suburb connected with the town by a See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway 3 M. See also:

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

long . The See also:

• LOCAL

local 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 is chiefly in See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee of See also:

• FINE

fine quality, which is readily cultivated in the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich volcanic See also:

• SOIL

soil of the neighbourhood . Cartago is said to have been in existence as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1522; it was probably named in 1563 by the Spaniard Vazquez de See also:

• CORONADO, FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE (c. 1500-c. 1545)

Coronado, to whom its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation is often ascribed . Though several times plundered by See also:

• BUCCANEERS

buccaneers, it retained its importance as the capital of Costa Rica until 1823, when it is said by tradition to have contained 30,000 inhabitants . Its prosperity rapidly diminished after the transference of the seat of See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government to San Jose, in 1823, but somewhat revived with the development of See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways after 1871 .