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ago 17 2011 Northern Cape: caviar and champagne at the northernmost point of Europe

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Cabo Norte: caviar y champagne en el punto más al norte de Europa

(...) It is the northernmost point of mainland Europe, the feeling of putting one foot in the 71 º 10 '21''N. Feeling, moreover, explain complex. They gather in the soul alone, satisfaction, triumph and feeling hopeless and trample on the inhospitable.

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ago 03 2011 The Galapagos Islands were born in a village in Soria

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Las islas Galápagos nacieron en un pueblo de Soria

A Spanish Berlanga de Duero, Soria, discovered the Galapagos Islands for a total calm wind took his boat to this natural paradise. In the collegiate church of the Spanish population an alligator hanging upside down remember the feat of his countryman.

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jul 27 2011 Humboldt and the Teide

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(...) before crossing the Atlantic, Humboldt made a scale that changed his life and laid the foundation, inter alia, of modern phytogeography. It was in Tenerife, where he arrived on 19 June 1799. The departure of the Spanish corvette Pizarro, who should bring to America.

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jun 29 2011 La Gomera: the well and last prayers of Christopher Columbus

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La Gomera: el pozo y últimos rezos de Cristóbal Colón

(...) In the capital gomera, San Sebastián, are places (Today monuments) linked to Columbian history such as the Torre del Conde, the church in which the Admiral prayed one last time before leaving, the house-museum of Columbus or the Pozo de la Aguada (where it supplied water for the journey). A sign at the well says "this water was baptized America, year 1492.

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jun 02 2011 Lucien Briet and "God gun" Ordesa
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Lucien Briet y el “divino cañón” de Ordesa

And these words were not uttered by an Aragonese, although it could have been,, even for a Spanish. Out of the mouth of a Frenchman, coming from the neighboring valley and nothing Gavarnie setting foot for the first time in the valley (1881) pleaded deep love Ordesa Valley. From that moment, Lucien Briet Parisian became a frequent visitor to the valley, you wrote about different works.

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may 05 2011 Chitwan: the park that was inspired “The Jungle Book”
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Chitwan: el parque en el que se inspiró “El Libro de la Selva”

Joseph Rudyard Kipling, British poet and writer, Born in Bombay (India) in 1865. and died in London in 1936. He lived in times of war and not in vain became famous among his countrymen for poems and stories devoted to the British troops in India.

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sea 31 2011 Salto Angel, Venezuela: King of heaven and the quest for gold
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Salto Angel, Venezuela: el rey del cielo y la búsqueda del oro

The 9 October 1937 la avioneta de James Crawford Angel -Jimmy Angel- touched the top of Auyan-tepui. It was the first time a human being trampled on Auyán. The landing gear broke in so daring maneuver and the aircraft was unfit to take off. There was no alternative, had to go on foot. Almost half a month took the browser Jimmy Angel and his fellow expedition to find the only way down and down from the top of Auyan-tepui to camp Uruyén, where he hoped Felix Cardona. Only had food for a week. But this story begins a few years ago ...

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