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<p> Of Paradise), the second city and chief port in Chile, over 100 m. NW. of Santiago, at the head of a bay which looks N., and where the anchorage is dangerous; is quite a commercial city; exports ores, nitre, wheat, hides, &c., the business affairs of which are largely in the hands of foreigners, chiefly English, American, and Germans; it has been on various occasions visited by severe earthquakes; was bombarded by a Spanish fleet in 1866 and suffered in the Civil War of 1891. </p> | <p> Of Paradise), the second city and chief port in Chile, over 100 m. NW. of Santiago, at the head of a bay which looks N., and where the anchorage is dangerous; is quite a commercial city; exports ores, nitre, wheat, hides, &c., the business affairs of which are largely in the hands of foreigners, chiefly English, American, and Germans; it has been on various occasions visited by severe earthquakes; was bombarded by a Spanish fleet in 1866 and suffered in the Civil War of 1891. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_81124"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/valparaiso Valparaiso from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81124"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/valparaiso Valparaiso from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 15 October 2021
Valparaiso [1]
Of Paradise), the second city and chief port in Chile, over 100 m. NW. of Santiago, at the head of a bay which looks N., and where the anchorage is dangerous; is quite a commercial city; exports ores, nitre, wheat, hides, &c., the business affairs of which are largely in the hands of foreigners, chiefly English, American, and Germans; it has been on various occasions visited by severe earthquakes; was bombarded by a Spanish fleet in 1866 and suffered in the Civil War of 1891.
