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... port and capital of Ceará state ( estado ) , northeastern Brazil , astride the mouth of Rio Pajeú on a crescent - shaped in- dentation of the coastline . It originated as a small village adjoining an early Portuguese fort ( built as a ...
... port and capital of Ceará state ( estado ) , northeastern Brazil , astride the mouth of Rio Pajeú on a crescent - shaped in- dentation of the coastline . It originated as a small village adjoining an early Portuguese fort ( built as a ...
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... port trade ; and in 1793 it was incorporated as part of Prussia . Napoleon , granted it the privileges of a free city in 1807 ; but its territorial separa- tion from Poland , because of the existence of a Prussian corridor to the sea ...
... port trade ; and in 1793 it was incorporated as part of Prussia . Napoleon , granted it the privileges of a free city in 1807 ; but its territorial separa- tion from Poland , because of the existence of a Prussian corridor to the sea ...
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... port of the Humber Estuary and the eastern terminus of the Aire and Calder navigation system . The port , located about 47 mi ( 75 km ) from the open sea , can only accommodate small ves- sels ; but its trade is varied because it serves ...
... port of the Humber Estuary and the eastern terminus of the Aire and Calder navigation system . The port , located about 47 mi ( 75 km ) from the open sea , can only accommodate small ves- sels ; but its trade is varied because it serves ...
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