LAGOS

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LAGOS , a seaport of southern Portugal, in the

district

DISTRICT

of Faro (formerly the province of Algarve); on the Atlantic Ocean, and on the estuary of the small river Lagos, here spanned by a fine stone bridge. Pop. (1900) 8291. The city is defended by fortifications erected in the 17th century. It is supplied with water by an aqueduct 800 yds. long. The harbour is deep, capacious, and completely sheltered on the north and west; it is frequently visited by the British Channel

fleet

FLEET

. Vines and figs are extensively cultivated in the neighbourhood, and Lagos is the centre of important sardine and tunny fisheries. Its trade is chiefly carried on by small

coasting

COASTING

vessels, as there is no railway. Lagos is on or near the site of the Roman Lacobriga. Since the 15th century it has held the formal rank and title of city. Cape St Vincent, the ancient Promontorium Sacrum, and the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

-western extremity of the kingdom, is 22 m. W. It is famous for its connexion with Prince

Henry

(q.v.), the Navigator, who here founded the town of Sagres in 1421; and for several British naval victories, the most celebrated of which was won in 1797 by Admiral Jervis (afterwards

Earl

EARL

St Vincent) over a larger Spanish

squadron

SQUADRON

. In 1759 Admiral Boscawen defeated a French

fleet

FLEET

off Lagos. The

great

GREAT

earthquake of 1755 destroyed a large part of the city.
LA GRACE, or LES GRACES, a game invented in France during the first quarter of the 19th century and called there le jeu des Graces. It is played with two light sticks about 16 in. long and a wicker ring, which is projected into the air by placing it over the sticks crossed and then separating them rapidly. The ring is caught upon the stick of another player and thrown back, the object being to prevent it from falling to the ground.
LA GRAND' COMBE, a town of southern France, in the department of Gard on the Gardon, 39 M. N.N.W. of Nimes by rail. Pop. (1906) town, 6406; commune, 11,292. There are extensive coal mines in the vicinity.

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