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Cebu
One of the Philippine Islands, lying between Luzon and Mindanao, 135 mile long, with an extreme width of 30 miles. Sugar cultivation and the manufacture of abaca are the chief industries.
Population, 320,000.—The town of Cebu, on the eastern coast of the island, the oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines, is a plCebu, on the eastern coast of the island, the oldest Spanish settlement in the Philippines, is a place of considerable trade, and has a cathedral and several churches.
It is about 360 miles from Manila, and has a population of 40,000.
There are valuable and extensive coal deposits near the town.
The China Steam Navigation Company began in 1900 to run a regular steamer from Hong-Kong to the port of Cebu.
Hemp was exported frnear the town.
The China Steam Navigation Company began in 1900 to run a regular steamer from Hong-Kong to the port of Cebu.
Hemp was exported from the island in 1899 to the value of $3,151,910; sugar, $770,503; copra, $241,953. The total shipments exceeded by $1,456,000 those of 1898.
Imports in 1899 were valued at $1,055,28
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), McKinley , William 1843 - (search)
Urdaneta, Adres 1499-
Navigator; born in Villafranca, Guipuzcoa, Spain, in 1499.
Urged by the council of the Indies, Philip II.
decided, in 1558, to undertake the conquest of the Philippine Islands, and appointed Urdaneta chief pilot of the expedition, which left Acapulco Nov. 21, 1564, under Miguel Lopez de Legaspi.
The latter took possession of the island of Cebu and conquered Mindoro.
Urdaneta returned to Mexico, where he died June 3, 1568.
He wrote several memoirs and letters which are preserved in the archives of the Indies in Seville.