Western Countries Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... IV THE IBERIAN SHORE The Iberi--Almeria--Aguilas--Lorca--Cape Palos--La Union--Cartagena--The Despoblado--Murcia--Torrevieja--The Segura--Orihuela--Elche--Alicante--Kingdom of Valencia--Irrigation Works--Alcoy--Concentaina--Monte Mongo--Denia--Gandia--Jativa--The Borgias--The Albufera--Valencia--Sagunto--Segorbe--Almenara--Villareal--Castellon Peniscola--Morel la--Uldecona--Cape Tortosa--The Ebro--Tortosa--Alcaniz--Imperial Canal of Aragon--Saragossa--St. James--Virgin del Pilar--Maid of Saragossa--Catalonia--Tarragona--Reus--Lerida--Cardona--Montana de Sal--Montserrat--Barcelona--The Bull Ring--Besos Valley--Vich--Ripoli--Gerona--The Ampurdan--Figueras--Gulf de Rosas--Emporia?--The Pyrenees. ALMERIA AND CAETAGENA. Eastward from the Rock of Gibraltar to Cape Gata, and then northeast past Cape Palos, the Mediterranean coast of Spain stretches seven hundred and seventy miles to the Pyrenees and the French boundary. From Gibraltar to Cape Palos it is mostly a rocky shore with little elevation, but has in the background the noble summits of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada range set boldly against the northern sky. Beyond the cape, the coast line is alternately high and low, part of it lined with lagoons, along Vol. 1--18 273 which are various salt works. Eastward from Malaga, the coast borders the province of Almeria, to its deeply indented bay where Cape Gata forms the eastern buttress. The Phoenicians were the first to visit these shores, and they were soon followed by the Greeks, who established colonies, and found the primitive inhabitants to be the tribes whom they named the Iberi, and thus this region came to be the Iberian shore, a title afterward extended over the whole Spanish peninsula. These Iberi were the people of Spain at the...