Acapulco

ACAPULCO in Mexico, an inconsiderable town, unless at the annual fair, which lasts about thirty days; when it becomes a populous city, crowded with the richest commodities of India, brought by the Manilla galleon; the treasures of Peru brought by the annual ship from Lima, and all sorts of European goods, brought over land from Vera Cruz. It was a galleon returning from hence to Manilla, laden with silver, that our commodore Anson took in 1743. Acapulco is seated on a bay in the South Sea, and has a very commodious harbour. Lat. 17.25.N. long. 102.20. W.