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Encyclopedia Britannica



VERA CRUZ

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 1015 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VERA CRUZ , a city and seaport of
Mexico
 , in the state of Vera Cruz, on a slight indentation of the
coast
  of the Gulf of
Mexico
 , in 19 11' so" N., 96 2o' W., slightly sheltered by some small islands and reefs. Pop. (moo) 29,164. Vera Cruz is the most important port of the republic. It is 263 M. by rail E. of the city of Mexico, with which it is connected by two lines of railway. It is built on a flat, sandy, barren
beach
 , only a few feet above sea-level. The harbour is confined to a comparatively narrow channel inside a line of reefs and small islands, which is exposed to the full force of northern storms. New port works were completed towards the end of the 19th century, which, by means of breakwaters, afford complete
protection
 . In 1905 the four railway companies having terminal stations in Vera Cruz united in the organization of a
joint
  terminal association, with union station, tracks, warehouses, quays, cranes, &c.
Vera Cruz
dates
  from 1520, soon after the first landing there of
Cortes
 . This
settlement
  was called Villa Rica de Vera Cruz, but was soon after moved to the harbour of Bernal, in 1525 to a point now called Old Vera Cruz, and in 1599 to its present site. It was pillaged by privateers in 1653 and 1712, and this led to the erection of the celebrated fort of San Juan de Uliia, or Ulloa, on one of the reefs in front of the city. In 1838 it was captured by the French, in 1847 (
March
  29) by an American army under General Winfield Scott, who made Vera Cruz a base for his
march
  upon the city of Mexico, and in 1861 by the French.


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