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PUERTO CORTES (CORTEZ or CABALLOS)

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 634 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PUERTO CORTES (CORTEZ or CABALLOS) , a seaport on the
Atlantic
 
coast
  of
Honduras
 ; in 15 51' N. and 87 56' W., at the northern terminus of the transcontinental railway from Fonseca Bay, and near the mouth of the river Chamalecon. Pop. (1905), about 2500. The harbour, an inlet of the Gulf of
Honduras
 , is deep, spacious and secure, and there is a railway pier at which vessels can load and
discharge
 . The exports include bananas,
coffee
 , cabinet
woods
 ,
rubber
 ,
sarsaparilla
 , livestock, deerskins and gold. The harbour was discovered in 1527 by Gonzalo d'Avila, and the
town
  was founded a few years later by order of Hernando
Cortes
 , from whom it derives its name.


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