A pronouncing gazetteer and geographical dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America with maps, charts and illustrations . -vcc-tav), Hisp.: lat. 14° 2855N., ° .36 19 E. Naval headquarters of Philip-pine I. and capital of Cavite province (subjectto change), pueblo, post-office, and money-or-der station, on inner shore of crescent-shapedpeninsula, forming natural breakwater atseaward end of deep bight in E. side of Ma-nila Bay. After passing Corregidor, at en-trance to Jfanila Bay, NE. course leads toSangley light and landmark of that partof coast. Within this poi
A pronouncing gazetteer and geographical dictionary of the Philippine Islands, United States of America with maps, charts and illustrations . -vcc-tav), Hisp.: lat. 14° 2855N., ° .36 19 E. Naval headquarters of Philip-pine I. and capital of Cavite province (subjectto change), pueblo, post-office, and money-or-der station, on inner shore of crescent-shapedpeninsula, forming natural breakwater atseaward end of deep bight in E. side of Ma-nila Bay. After passing Corregidor, at en-trance to Jfanila Bay, NE. course leads toSangley light and landmark of that partof coast. Within this point is Canacao Bay, CAVITE—Continued. on N. shore of which are hamlets Faro andCanacao. Tongue of land about U m. long,projecting due £., separates waters of Caiia-cao Bay on N. and Bacoor Bay, inner harborof Cavite, on S. On this projection are situ-ated fortifications and arsenal, while imme-diately W. across intervening isthmus is townof San Roque, and on S. shore of Bacoor Bay,Cavite Viejo. Fine road starts from nere alongbay for Manila. After crossing Imus Riv. it Telegraph. Telephone. UAZKTTEKK OF THK PHILIlJlNE ISLANDS. 4f)3. 454 GAZETTEER OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. CAVITE—Cnntinucd. pusses thniuKli Biiooorand Parafiaqne, thenecthroiiKh Muibav. l-ineda, Malate, Ermita, towalled city of Manila, distance of 8 m. instraight line, and fully twice that distanceby road. While town of Cavite is walled,fortifications are at end of land projection,stronghold of position being Port SanFelipe on landward line, with bulwarks ofGuadalupe on extreme point between Cana-cao and Bacoor bays, and sweeping CaviteBay on E. In addition to its paraphernalia ofwarlike defense, town is extremely pictur-esque in its location. It is in telegraphiccommunication with all points on , public and private, are of stone:garrison and employees of arsenal make uppopulation. About 3 m. to SW. is Tierra Alta,as its name indicates. It is a favorite resortof foreigners for recuperation
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