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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... [read more]
Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... [read more] Blog: Light and Shadows at the Edge of the World
Date: September 5th 2012
San Francisco is a city of lights and shadows. In the morning, the dense fog rolls in from the Pacific, chill and atmospheric, the skyscrapers half-imagined forms that loom out of mist-draped piers lolling with sea lions. You walk through an ever-emerging landscape, damp and trying not to shiver, and imagine how this coast appeared to the hopeful gold-hunters who disembarked here in their millions ... read more
Date: September 5th 2012
San Francisco is a city of lights and shadows. In the morning, the dense fog rolls in from the Pacific, chill and atmospheric, the skyscrapers half-imagined forms that loom out of mist-draped piers lolling with sea lions. You walk through an ever-emerging landscape, damp and trying not to shiver, and imagine how this coast appeared to the hopeful gold-hunters who disembarked here in their millions ... read more
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