See also:

• PAITA, or PAYTA

PAITA, or PAYTA  , a seaport of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, See also:

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

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

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

province of See also:

• PAITA, or PAYTA

Paita in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• PIURA

Piura . Pop . (1906 estimate), 3800 . The town has one of the best natural harbours of the Peruvian See also:

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

coast, is a See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• MAIL

mail steamers between See also:

• VALPARAISO

Valparaiso and See also:

• PANAMA

Panama, and is the port of the departmental See also:

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

capital, Piura, with which it is connected by a railway 6o m. See also:

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

long . It is also the Pacific See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the railway across the See also:

• ANDES

Andes to Puerto See also:

• LIMON, or PORT LIMON

Limon, on the Maranon, or upper See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon . Paita faces on the See also:

• BAY

bay of Paita, and is sheltered from southerly winds by a headland called Punta Paita and by a large See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill called the Silla de Paita . The See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is brought from the See also:

• RIVER

river Chira (17 m. distant) . The exports include 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:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, hides and See also:

• STRAW

straw hats . Paita See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

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

early years of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest, and was a prosperous port in colonial times . It was nearly destroyed by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ANSON, GEORGE ANSON, BARON (1697-1762)

Anson's See also:

• FLEET

fleet in 1741 .