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stretching 135 miles south of Vera Cruz, no sheltered haven anywhere occurs, the 

 shore being here everywhere fringed with sands and surf. The old port of Naiitln, 

 which formerly gave its name to the whole coast, is now choked with mud. 



The modern city of Vera Cruz is not the same place as that to which its 

 founder, Fernan Cortes, gave the name of Villa Rica de Vera Cruz. Nevertheless, 

 the first camping- ground must have stood on the beach not far from w^here the 



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present quays have been built. It was then removed farther north to the village 

 of Q,iiiali(iitzlau, which, however, was badly chosen, being unhealthy and destitute 

 of any shelter. Hence, four years later a third city was founded farther south near 

 the populous Zempoala, capital of the Totonac territory. The river watering the 

 plantations of the surrounding district took the name of Antigua in 1599, when 

 this settlement was also abandoned, owing to the bar which prevented all access to 

 the estuary. The fourth city is that which now exists, and which was founded on 

 the coast over against the fortified island of San Juan d'Ulua. It was certainly 



