Ports of the worldGibraltar . GIBRALTAR PAST AND PRESENT IBRALTAR is perhaps thegreatest natural beaconof navigation. Its rockypromontory juts into thesea at the Atlantic entranceto the Mediterranean. The Gibraltar peninsularuns almost due north andsouth, and is about three miles long andthree-quarters of a mile across at the widestpart. It is connected with the mainland ofSpain by a sandy isthmus two miles central part of the isthmus is knownas the Neutral Zone, at the southern endof which are gates marking the frontier ofthe British possessions. The gates at thenorthern end open upo
Ports of the worldGibraltar . GIBRALTAR PAST AND PRESENT IBRALTAR is perhaps thegreatest natural beaconof navigation. Its rockypromontory juts into thesea at the Atlantic entranceto the Mediterranean. The Gibraltar peninsularuns almost due north andsouth, and is about three miles long andthree-quarters of a mile across at the widestpart. It is connected with the mainland ofSpain by a sandy isthmus two miles central part of the isthmus is knownas the Neutral Zone, at the southern endof which are gates marking the frontier ofthe British possessions. The gates at thenorthern end open upon Spanish territory. On account of its great strategic value,Gibraltar has undergone many sieges. Ithas been held in turn by the Moors, theSpanish, and the British. Over the doorsof the shop and on street corners areEnglish names, giving the effect of asmall British town. Close by, however, areshops of the Oriental type, suggesting thebazaars of Damascus and Cairo. -.
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