Cadiz
2 of the 7 encyclopedias on this shelf carry an entry for Cadiz. Both are reproduced below, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Spain, capital of the province of the same name, which forms a part of Andalusia; is situated at the extremity of a narrow tongue of land projecting 5 miles N. W. from the isle of Leon, 95 miles S. S. W. of Seville by rail, 7 miles S. W. of Xeres. On the W. and S. the Atlantic Ocean washes the city, and on the N. and N. E. the Bay of Cadiz, a deep inlet of the Atlantic, forming an outer and an inner bay. The city, which is walled and defended from the sea both by a series of forts and by low shelving rocks, is about 2 miles in circuit, and presents a remarkably bright appearance, with its shining granite ramparts, and its whitewashed houses crowned with terraces and overhanging turrets. Many of these flat roofs are also used as cisterns, the town being poorly supplied with water, which is brought from Santa Maria, 6 miles to the N. by sea, and 19 by rail. The streets are well paved and lighted, regular, but narrow, and there are some pleasant public walks, the most frequented of which is the Alameda, by the seaside. Cadiz has few public buildings of note; its two cathedrals are indifferent specimens of ecclesiastical architecture, but possess some excellent pictures by Murillo. It reached its highest prosperity after the discovery of America, when it became the depot of all the commerce with the New World; declined greatly as a commercial city after the emancipation of the Spanish colonies in South America; but again revived, owing partly to the extension of the Spanish railway system, and partly to the establishment of new lines of steamers. Cadiz is one of the most ancient towns in Europe, having been built by the Phœnicians, under the name of Gaddir ("fortress"), about 1100 b. c. It afterward passed into the hands of the Carthaginians, from whom it was captured by the Romans, who named it Gades, and under them it soon became a city of vast wealth and importance. Occupied afterward by the Goths and Moors, it was taken by by the Spaniards Is in 1262. In 1587 Drake destroyed the Spanish fleet in the bay; nine years later Cadiz was pillaged and burned by Essex; and in 1625 and 1702 it was unsuccessfully attacked by the English. From 1808 the headquarters of the Spanish patriots, Cadiz was blockaded by the French from February, 1810, until Aug. 25, 1812, when the victories of Wellington forced them to raise the siege. It was captured in 1823 for Ferdinand VII. by the French, who held it till 1828; and it was the birthplace of the Spanish revolution of 1868, as well as the scene in 1873 of an Intransigente rising. Pop. about 65,000.
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
kad'iz, an important seaport of Spain. It is situated on a narrow tongue of land at the southwestern extremity of Spain, midway between Gibraltar and Portugal. The city is reputed to be handsomely built. The houses are of the flat-topped, Moorish style. The harbor, one of the finest in the world, is well protected by forts. It is the chief naval station of Spain and commercially the center of its colonial trade. The city is well provided with theaters and cathedrals, and has a bull ring capable of seating 12,000 spectators. Cadiz was a flourishing Phoenician colony and was a city of importance under the Romans. At one time Cadiz, or Gades, as it was called, was the chief commercial city of the West. It absorbed the commercial business once belonging to Carthage, and was the chief port on the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea excepted. E. A. Freeman says, "Cadiz has kept its name and its unbroken position as a great city from an earlier time than any other city in Europe." The present population is about 70,000. See Spain