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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Batangas, (search)
Batangas, A province of Luzon, Philippine Islands, bordering on San Bernardino Strait, and north of the island of Mindoro; also the name of its capital city. The province is naturally one of the richest sugar-growing districts in the Philippines, and has also a large production of cocoanut oil. Prior to the war between the United States and Spain, in 1898, the city was the seat of large commerce, and had a population of over 35,000. The region gives promise of large economic returns on the application of modern methods of cultivation.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Luzon, (search)
d is to a large extent mountainous, showing volcanic formations, and there are also vast tracts of swampy land which greatly embarrassed the American military authorities in their pursuit of Aguinaldo. The island is rich in economic productions, and there are also indications of mineral resources of large value that are awaiting intelligent development. These include gold, coal, copper, lead, iron, sulphur, marble, and kaolin. In agriculture Luzon and Mindoro, separated from it by San Bernardino Strait, yield crops of rice and corn, an amount usually inadequate for home consumption. The best quality and largest amount of tobacco is grown on Luzon, and in the southern portion of the island hemp and cocoanut are cultivated extensively. There is a large internal commerce between Manila and the different islands in the group, carried on almost exclusively by water. At the time of the cession of the islands to the United States there was but a single line of railway, built by Engli