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Vera Cruz’s Historic Role amid Mexican Ports and War
The article recounts Vera Cruz as Mexico’s principal port since early settlement, its strategic value in U S history, and its vulnerability in conflict. It notes harsh climate, yellow fever history, recent sanitation improvements, and the port’s immense trade and wartime significance including naval actions and troop landings at Veracruz in 1847.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrijalva
Vera Cruz
Afexico
Cortez
Admir Pletehur
Villa Rica de la Santa Vera Cruz
Republic
Republic Coma
Huerta
Gulf
Mexico
U.S. S. Mississippi
Commandore
M. C. Perry
Mississippi
Arkansas
U. S. &. Princeton
Princetor
Vess
Goast
Pacific
Gulf Coast
San Francisco
Guatemala
Conner
Scott
Mosquito Coast