See also:CASABLANCA (See also:Dar el Baida, " 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)
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, a seaport on the See also:Atlantic See also:coast of See also:Morocco, in 330 27' N., 7° 46' W
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It is a See also:wool and See also:grain See also:port for central Morocco, chiefly for the provinces of Tadla and Shawia
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Third in importance of the towns on the Moorish coast, unimpeded by See also:bar or serious rocks, the roadstead is exposed to the See also:north-See also:west winds
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There is anchorage for steamers in 5 to 6 fathoms
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Vessels were loaded and discharged by lighters from the See also:beach
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In May 1907 the construction began of See also:harbour See also:works which afford sheltered See also:accommodation for See also:ships at all states of the See also:tide
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The value of the See also:foreign See also:trade of the port for the See also:period 1897–1907 was about £750,000 a See also:year
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A railway to Ber Reshid, the first See also:section of a See also:line intended to tap the See also:rich agricultural region of which See also:Casablanca is the port, was opened in See also:September 1908, being the firstrailway built in Morocco
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The See also:population, about 20,000, includes numerous foreign merchants,Franciscan and See also:Protestant See also:missions, and a consular See also:corps
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Built by the Portuguese upon the site of the once prosperous See also:town of Anfa, which they had destroyed in 1468, Casablanca was held by them for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, till trouble with the natives compelled them to abandon it
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In See also:August 1907, in consequence of the See also:murder of a number of See also:French and See also:Spanish workmen engaged on the harbour works, the town was bombarded and occupied by the French (see MOROCCO: See also:History)
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