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PUERTO CORTES (CORTEZ or CABALLOS)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 634 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CORTES
CORTES, HERNAN

CORTES (CORTEZ or CABALLOS) , a seaport on the

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ATLANTIC

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

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HONDURAS

Honduras; in 15° 51' N. and 87° 56' W., at the

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NORTHERN

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TERMINUS

terminus of the transcontinental railway from

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BAY

Bay, and near the mouth of the

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RIVER

river Chamalecon . Pop . (1905), about 2500 . The

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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, an inlet of the Gulf of Honduras, is deep, spacious and secure, and there is a railway

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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 at which vessels can load and

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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 . The exports include bananas,

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COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

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CABINET

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RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

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SARSAPARILLA

sarsaparilla, livestock, deerskins and

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gold . The harbour was discovered in 1527 by Gonzalo d'

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Avila, and the

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TOWN

town was founded a few years later by

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order of Hernando

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Cortes, from whom it derives its name .

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