Morro Castle
Morro Castle names 3 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Morro Castle HAVANA HARBOR, CUBA PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
HAVANA HARBOR, CUBA PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS, LONDON-Colored Frontispiece, Vol. VII Opposite page 36, Vol. VII AN OIL WELL, MEXICO OIL DELIVERY STATION OLIVE ORCHARD HARBOR OF OPORTO OSTIA, ANCIENT PORT OF ROME ORANGE SORTING MACHINE OSTRICHES OXFORD, ENGLAND Opposite page 84, Vol. VII LANDING AT JAFFA, PALESTINE OXEN TREADING CORN, PALESTINE STREET SCENE, JERUSALEM STREET SCENE, HEBRON FISHERMEN ON SEA OF GALILEE CEDARS, MT. LEBANON THE RIVER JORDAN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE Opposite page 148, Vol. VII ROYAL PALMS, CUBA PEDRO MIGUEL LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL GAILLARD CUT, PANAMA CANAL GATUN LOCKS, PANAMA CANAL PULP ROOM IN PAPER MILL PAPER-MAKING MACHINE PLACE DE L'OPERA, PARIS L'ILE DE LA CITE THE SEINE AND ITS BRIDGES RIO DE JANEIRO-Colored Opposite page 52, Vol. VIII RICE FIELDS IN CHINA TRANSPLANTING RICE, JAPAN HARVESTING RICE, LOUISIANA RICHMOND, VIRGINIA TRINITY CHURCH, NEWPORT, R. I. CITY OF RIGA ROAD CONSTRUCTION, DETROIT RIVA ON THE GARDA SEA Opposite page 100, Vol. VIII ROMAN FORUM COLISEUM IN ROME INTERIOR OF COLISEUM SISTINE CHAPEL, THE VATICAN, ROME ix Opposite page 484, Vol. V-Continued Frontispiece, Vol. VI Opposite page 372, Vol. VI NAPOLEON-TOMB IN PARIS
Morro Castle a Spanish fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a Spanish fort at the entrance to the harbor of Havana, Cuba; its dungeons are said to have been the prisons of many convicted of political Offenses. Also an imposing fortification on the cliffs overlooking Santiago Bay, Cuba. It was in sight of this fort and under fire of its guns that Lieutenant Hobson and seven men of the United States navy, on June 3, 1898, sank the "Merrimac" at the entrance to the harbor to prevent the Spanish fleet from escaping. On their capture, while attempting to regain their vessels, the men were imprisoned for some time in Morro.
Morro Castle THE OLD FORT THAT GUARDS HAVANA HARBOR MISSOURI
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
THE OLD FORT THAT GUARDS HAVANA HARBOR MISSOURI, UNIVERSITY OF souri) should forever be free from slavery. This compromise was virtually repealed in 1854, when territorial governments were established for Kansas and Nebraska. MISSOURI, UNIVERSITY OF, a coeducational and non-sectarian institution in Columbia, Mo .; founded in 1840; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 296; students , 3,536 ; volumes in the library , 233,820; endowment funds, $1,809,339; grounds and buildings valued at $2,788,855 ; income, $1,350,000; number of graduates , 2,105; president, A. Ross Hill.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's in 1921 described two working Spanish fortresses whose dungeons "are said to have been the prisons of many convicted of political offenses." Both are now museums and tourist sights rather than prisons: Havana's Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro falls within the Old Havana district inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1982, and Santiago's Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca was inscribed in its own right in 1997. Richmond Hobson, whose Merrimac exploit of June 3, 1898 the entry recounts, was finally awarded the Medal of Honor for it in 1933. The name also acquired a wholly separate association after 1921, when the liner Morro Castle burned off the New Jersey coast in September 1934 with the loss of about 135 lives.
Written for this edition, 2026.