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Ports and terminals: Callao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
Peru 2008
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PeruCallao, Iquitos, Matarani, Paita, Pucallpa, Yurimaguas; note - Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Yurimaguas are on the upper reaches of the Amazon and its tributaries
Ports and terminals 2008
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The ETP area extends from Punto San Lazaro on the Baya California peninsula at 24°45 'north to Paita in Peru at 5°0 south.
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At the dawn of a new century, fourteen year old Lorenzo and his brother Benjamin left their village of Paita, Peru, to work as a laborers aboard ships traveling about the South American coast.
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He was, indeed, at present all in rags, being but just got out of Paita gaol, where he had been confined for some misdemeanour; he expressed great joy upon seeing his countrymen, and immediately informed them that a few days before a vessel came into
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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We further learned from our prisoners that there was a very considerable sum of money, belonging to some merchants at Lima, that was now lodged at the custom-house at Paita; and that this was intended to be shipped on board a vessel which was then in the port of Paita, and was preparing to sail with the utmost expedition, being bound for the Bay of Sonsonnate, on the coast of
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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American consul at Paita (Mr. Ruden) had in charge coin of the value of
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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Paita is itself an open place; its sole protection and defence is a small fort near the shore of the bay.
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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This treasure was going to Paita, and belonged to the same merchants who were the proprietors of the greatest part of the money we had taken there; so that, had this boat escaped the Gloucester, it is probable her cargo would have fallen into our hands.
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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The town of Paita is situated in the latitude of 5 degrees 12 minutes south, in a most barren soil, composed only of sand and slate; the extent of it is but small, containing in all less than two hundred families.
Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced Richard Walter
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