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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... [read more]
Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... [read more] Blog: El Puente, Days 3-6
Date: December 20th 2005
Part I of II On the morning of that third day I packed my bag, drank a warm diet coke, and began walking up the highway north out of Salamanca. I cut a piece of white cardboard off a box I found lying on the roadside and scratched on it with my black sharpie "HACIA LEÓN" and, below that in smaller letters, "POR ZAMORA." About a kilometer out of town I set down my pack with my new si ... read more
Date: December 20th 2005
Part I of II On the morning of that third day I packed my bag, drank a warm diet coke, and began walking up the highway north out of Salamanca. I cut a piece of white cardboard off a box I found lying on the roadside and scratched on it with my black sharpie "HACIA LEÓN" and, below that in smaller letters, "POR ZAMORA." About a kilometer out of town I set down my pack with my new si ... read more
