Did You Know? Puerto Vallarta in Mexico will become an island and float away
Literary-minded travel writers describing Puerto Vallarta as an "island of tourist delights" probably don't realize that their words are closer to the truth than they might imagine. At present, Puerto ...
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Did you know? Lots of "real" Aztec gold was only tumbaga.
What the Spanish Conquistadors thought was gold was often only an alloy called tumbaga.
As they explored the New World, the early conquistadors were spurred on by the possibility of finding treasure a...
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The geology and geography of Lake Chapala and western Mexico
The following is a story concerning an ancient lake that covered a large area of the State of Jalisco and spread into Michoacan and Aguascalientes. This map is a visual portrayal of the lake superimpos...
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Did you know? The first scientific account of Lake Chapala comes from 1839
The first detailed scientific account of Lake Chapala was written by Henri Guillaume Galeotti. It was based on a visit to Chapala in February-March 1837. The article was published first in French in 18...
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