Meanings of important seaport in английском

They sent to the important seaport of Brielle and demanded a new oath from the garrison.

I then sent two of the Sirmium legions to Aquileia, to hold that important seaport for us.

Hamburg is by far the most important seaport, Bremen, Stettin, Danzig and others also being thriving ports.

Here Cortes landed and founded the city of Vera Cruz, which is to-day an important seaport of Mexico.

He had the important seaport of Almeria also, which at one time rivalled Granada itself in wealth and population.

Bristol at that time was the most important seaport of England, and carried on a large fishing trade with Iceland.

The important seaport of Amoy was attacked and taken after what was called "a short but animated resistance."

It was decided that the expedition should land at Banes, an important seaport on the northwestern coast of Santiago de Cuba.

Greece retained the important seaport of Salonica, the possession of which had been hotly disputed, and gained the largest sea front.

This most important seaport, both for the destiny of the republic and of England at that critical moment, was insufficiently defended.

The Cannebière is the chief promenade in Marseilles, and the inhabitants of this important seaport are not a little proud of it.

Winchelsea, situated about 8 miles from Hastings, though now a small village, was once an important seaport, being one of the Cinque Ports.

Following the coast to the north some three hundred miles we come to Amoy, the first important seaport in the adjacent province of Fukien.

It was while Portsmouth was an important seaport that Daniel Webster learned and practised law there, and acquired some note as a Federalist politician.

It is much the same with Ireland, its more important seaports being on the east.

This meant that Turkey has lost one of her most important seaports, consequently weakening her position.