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Encyclopedia Britannica



VIGO

This article appears in Volume V28, Page 62 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VIGO , a seaport and naval station of north-western Spain, in the province of
Pontevedra
 ; on Vigo Bay (Ria de Vigo) and on a branch of the railway from Tuy to Corunna. Pop. (1900) 23,2J9. Vigo Bay, one of the finest of the Galician fjords, extends inland for 19 m., and is sheltered by low mountains and by the islands (Islas de Cies, ancient Insulae Siccae) at its mouth. The town is built on the
south
 -eastern shore, and occupies a hilly site dominated by two obsolete forts. The older streets are steep, narrow and tortuous, but there is also a large modern
quarter
 . Vigo owes its importance to its deep and spacious harbour, and to its fisheries. It is a port of
call
  for many lines trading between Western Europe and
South
  America. Shipbuilding is carried on, and large quantities of sardines are canned for export. In 1909, 2041 ships of 2,710,691 tons (1,153,564 being British) entered at Vigo; the imports in that year, including tin and tinplate, coal, machinery, cement, sulphate of copper and foodstuffs, werevalued at 481,752; the exports, including sardines,
mineral
  waters and eggs, were valued at 554,824. The town contains flour,
paper
  and sawmills,
sugar
  and petroleum refineries, tanneries, distilleries and soap works; it has also a large agricultural
trade
  and is visited in summer for sea-bathing.
Vigo was attacked by Sir Francis Drake in 1585 and 1589. In 1702 a combined British and Dutch
fleet
  under Sir George
Rooke
  and the duke of Ormonde destroyed a Franco-Spanish
fleet
  in the bay, and captured treasure to the value of about 1,000,000; numerous attempts have been made to recover the larger quantity of treasure which was supposed, on doubtful evidence, to have been sunk during the battle. In 1719 Vigo was captured by the British under Viscount Cobham.


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