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Extractions: The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica, Christopher Columbus, came on September 18, 1502. He was making his fourth and final voyage to the New World. A crowd of local Carib Indians greeted his crew warmly as he was setting anchor off shore. Later, the Spaniard Gil Gonzalez Davila named the country Costa Rica, or Rich Coast, impressed by the golden bands that natives were wearing in their noses and ears. Thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus, civilization existed in Costa Rica. Evidence of human occupation dates 10,000 years back. Perfectly spherical granite bolas (balls) found near the west coast are among the cultural mysteries left by the pre-Columbian inhabitants. Some are small as a baseball ranging in size to that of a Volkswagen bus. Parque Nacional Guayabo has ruins of an ancient city with aqueducts and some marvelously gold and jade work of about 1000 years ago was been found in the southwest. Evidence of the Olmec and Nahuatl Mexican civilizations´ influence are found in archeological sites in the central highlands and Guanacaste. During the colonial period, Costa Rica was a tough and unpopular place to reside with few easily exploited resources and lack of labor force. The Spanish were much more interested in living in Perú or Mexico, where vast amounts of silver and gold were being obtained by hundred thousands of indigenous slaves. Thus, the first unfortunate settlers were left largely to their own means in this country. The first successful colonial city was established in 1562, when Juan Vásquez de Coronado founded Cartago -that became later the first capital city-.
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Extractions: MAIN MENU This is a detailed program description. This is a 4 week course, 4 hours per day and includes home stay. The cost of this course is $1285 if there are multiple students, $1585 if for an individual student. If you start as the only student and another student joins the class during your stay, you will be reimbursed the difference for the weeks that there are more than one student. "Contacto Cultural" focuses on the process of learning about the language and culture by means of a direct hands-on community contact. Students are given different tasks they must perform outside classroom with the cooperation of Costa Ricans. Once the student has documented the assigned task, he/she will give a brief presentation of the results. Program Description GEOGRAPHY
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Costa Rica Map - Coffee Section
Home About costa rica Coffee Section. COFFEE SECTION. history of costa ricanCoffee. Coffee came to costa rica in the last decade of the eighteenth century.
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Extractions: COFFEE SECTION Coffee came to Costa Rica in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Its arrival on national scene was discrete, but definitive. Slowly and with perseverance that great works demand, coffe growing expanded over the high lands of the Central Valley. The brotherhood of coffee farmers, both large and small, formed the basis that allowed Costa Rica to become the first Central American country to establish coffee as an industry. It was in 1854, when a visionary group of local exporters undertook the complex task of exporting coffee directly to London. In this they were helped by the cooperation of William Le Lacheur Lyon, captain of the English ship "Monarch", who transported several one hundred our coffee into the "grain of gold" we know today. The growing and commercialization of the coffee changed the face of that humble, one time colony that dozed lethargically in corner of the Empire. Our country was modernized. The young Costa Rican intellectuals could now continue their post secondary studies in England and come back as doctors, engineers and entrepreneurs, contributing to the improvement of the life style of all Costa Ricans. CAFE LA CARPINTERA: La Carpintera Hill, resembling and island in the middle of the Central Valley, captures the goodness of the climate from the plateful, with the conditions of the highlands. These characteristic are unique for producing the best quality coffee possible. Its soil is extremely fertile. A pleasent climate all the year round with un excellent temperature for the coffee cropping, brings to the cup an exquisite balance between body, aroma and acidity.
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Extractions: Black Howler Monkey Cost: Airfare: $500 - $650 from the USA, plus taxes, depending on departure point. Deposit: $300 ($150 nonrefundable). Tour Leaders: Luis Diego Gomez throughout the tour. As director of the Wilson Botanical Gardens for the Organization of Tropical Studies (OTS), Luis is an exceptional leader and teacher, a wonderful Costa Rican with a great sense of humor. We are very fortunate that he will be leading this superb tour. Luis knows all the wildlife of Costa Rica, as well as the plants and their ecological role in the diverse habitats encountered throughout. Conditions: A nonsmoking tour. Group size: 12 participants. Itinerary updated 7/2002 ITINERARY IN BRIEF: March 3 - 4: Flight to Coto. Wilson Botannical Garden and Las Cruces with Luis. March 5 - 7: La Cusinga, Ballena Marine National Park and Corcovado National Park. March 8 - 9: Cerro de la Muerte highlands to Savegre, a reserve for quetzals!
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Extractions: Back in the 16th century, when the Spanish explorers arrived in what today is called Costa Rica, all they found was a region scarcely populated by several poorly organized tribes. The indigenous people lived in quite autonomous groups and were probably not more that 200,000 in total. Since the indigenous communities had very little power when the Spanish arrived, the Spanish settlers has had a great influence over the country's history. Directly related to this phenomenon is the fact that when the Spanish arrived, they brought with them many diseases that killed the few native people that existed.
The Costa Rica Orphanage Vision And History
history AND VISION OF THE costa ricaN CHILDRENS MINISTRY Charlyn (Simpson Charlyngraduated from the Spanish Language Institute in San Jose, costa rica.
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Extractions: After attending fashion school and then studying education in college, Charlyn went on a short-term mission trip to Guatemala. The children of Central America won her heart and she began to believe that God was leading her toward working with disadvantaged children. After several more trips to Central America, she was convinced that she wanted to learn Spanish and better acquaint herself with the Latin culture. Government restrictions and red tape slowed her progress and Charlyn was often frustrated by the slow pace at which the government moved. While she waited for papers and forms to be processed, she began working with widows and poor families. She became part of a team that regularly fed and ministered to 75-200 poor children every Saturday. God gave her faithful friends who also were called to work with children. She began to train them for the work and share her vision with them. Finally, in January of 2000, Charlyn was approved by the Costa Rican Government to take in children. In May, 2000, Charlyn married Enrique Mejia, a faithful friend and godly man who has worked alongside Charlyn in the ministry. He has a deep burden for children as well and is a wonderful father to the children. Together, they now have nine children in her 3-bedroom condominium. They all arrived with just the clothes on their backs and holes in their shoes. They have filled up the house, making the need for a larger ;facility very necessary.
History Of Costa Rica
provinces formed a Federation, border disputes broke out among them, adding to theregion's turbulent history and conditions. costa rica's northern Guanacaste
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Extractions: HISTORY Unlike many of their Central American neighbors, present-day Costa Ricans are largely of European rather than mestizo descent; Spain was the primary country of origin. Few of the native Indians survived European contact; the indigenous population today numbers about 29,000 or 1% of the population. Descendants of 19th century Jamaican immigrant workers constitute an English-speaking minority andat 3% of the populationnumber about 96,000. In 1502, on his fourth and last voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus made the first European landfall in the area. Settlement of Costa Rica began in 1522. For nearly three centuries, Spain administered the region as part of the Captaincy General of Guatemala under a military Governor. The Spanish optimistically called the country "Rich Coast." Finding little gold or other valuable minerals in Costa Rica, however, the Spanish turned to agriculture. The small landowners' relative poverty, the lack of a large indigenous labor force, the population's ethnic and linguistic homogeneity, and Costa Rica's isolation from the Spanish colonial centers in Mexico and the Andes all contributed to the development of an autonomous and individualistic agrarian society. An egalitarian tradition also arose; this tradition survived the widened class distinctions brought on by the 19th century introduction of banana and coffee cultivation and consequent accumulations of wealth.
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history of costa rica. Background State. Britannica.com costa ricahistory An excellent and extensive history from Britannica.com.
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Costa Rica Soccer Tours- Costa Rica Soccer History
costa rica Soccer history. FIFA World Cup TM Champions None. history costa ricais widely considered the rising star of the CONCACAF region, and rightly so.
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Extractions: ODP Region IV's trip to Costa Rica Costa Rica Soccer History Profile World Cup 2002 Stats Players Coach ... History Country Costa Rica Abbreviation CRC Confederation CONCACAF National team nickname Ticos FIFA World Cup TM appearances FIFA World Cup TM Champions None History Costa Rica is widely considered the rising star of the CONCACAF region, and rightly so.
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Extractions: SAVE 5% when you enroll in a 9 week program. Plus customize up to 3 different locations. HISTORY The first European explorer to encounter Costa Rica was the Great Navigator himself, Christopher Columbus. The day was September 18, 1502, and Columbus was making his fourth and final voyage to the New World. As he was setting anchor off shore, a crowd of local Carib Indians paddled out in canoes and greeted his crew warmly. Later, the golden bands that the region's inhabitants wore in their noses and ears would inspire the Spaniard Gil Gonzalez Davila to name the country Costa Rica, or Rich Coast. Of all the Spanish colonies, Costa Rica enjoyed the least influence as a colony. It was initially a tough and unpopular place to settle, with few valuable or easily exploited resources. The Spanish were far more interested in developing their holdings in Mexico and Peru, where vast amounts of silver and gold were being obtained.
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Extractions: Costa Rica is the southernmost country in Central America, immediately north of Panama, with ports on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and 153 highway miles between them. Located in the middle of the American Continent, air and ocean freight transportation services are provided to major American, Mexican, Central American, South American and Caribbean ports and cities. This makes the country a superb location and strategic base for world markets, especially for the distribution of products to the Caribbean basin region.. Area:
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Central American Cultural Ecology: Archaeology - History - Costa Rica
TEXT SEARCH HELP BIBLIO history OF ARCHAEOLOGY costa rica costa rican archaeologyhas experienced a fuller development than has archaeology in Nicaragua.
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Extractions: CENTRAL AMERICAN CULTURAL-ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION NETWORK HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGY - COSTA RICA Costa Rican archaeology has experienced a fuller development than has archaeology in Nicaragua . The shift from reliance on foreign archaeologists to a primary dependence on country nationals has largely been completed in Costa Rica. Various authors (cf. Arias 1982 Corrales 1987 Fonseca 1992 ) have examined the development of archaeology in Costa Rica, and in this section their approaches are merged with the Willey and Sabloff ( ) framework. For example, Arias ( :4, translation F. Lange) observed that: An analysis of the theoretical and methodological changes that have occurred in Costa Rican archaeology is not a easy task...the models that have been used up to now are the Cultural Historical model and the Cultural Process model, with an additional period that we might all the pre -paradigm period in which there was no theoretical model to guide archaeological investigation. Following Willey and Sabloff's ( ) framework for American archaeology, the history of archaeology in both
"An Overview Of Costa Rica’s Unique History" Final
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Extractions: When Columbus fist stepped foot on the shore of current day Puerto Limn, he found a land that was inhabited by several poorly organized, autonomous tribes (the Corobics, Nahuatl, and the most numerous Chorotegas) (Baker, 2000). Although human inhabitation can be traced back at least 10,000 years, the highly civilized cultures of Mesoamerica and the Andes were not widely diffused in this area. The people of the region were already unique and separated from influence of their neighbors by the high mountains and swampy lowlands of the area. Since these cultures were not highly organized, they left behind a very sparse legacy of material culture, but there are interesting works of pottery and metalwork that have been excavated. Even before the imposition of western culture on the Americas, Costa Rica was made up of a unique population. Presently Costa Rica remains quite distinct from its neighbors. The quality of life is the highest in Central America, and the absence of a standing army puts it on a diplomatic position reserved solely for itself in the Western hemisphere. As we have seen, this individuality did not come out of nowhere. There were several historic factors which have laid the foundation for such a distinctive political and social milieu. From Pre-Columbian times, through the colonial era, and through the emergence of a democratic nation, Costa Rica has followed its own lead and done things a little differently from the others.
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The Encyclopedia of World history. 2001. e. costa rica. (See 193640).194448. A National RepublicanVanguardia Alliance under Pres.
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Extractions: Jungle Tarpon Lodge is Costa Rica's Premier Sportfishing and Adventure Travel destination. Specializing in intimate groups of anglers and adventures, we explore this amazing region in search of the "trip of a lifetime!" Costa Rica fishing is world renown on the rivers, lagoons and coastline of the Caribbean. Tarpon is the primary target with daily offshore and lagoon charters complimented with small tackle species under the shade of the rainforest canopy. Nature lovers explore turtle beaches, monkey colonies, nameless jungle streams and the unmatched flora and fauna of the Tortuguero region. Our eco touring goal is to provide a full cultural and natural history experience.

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