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The sun goes down over the Atlantic  
   

The sun goes down over the Atlantic

Las Palmas - No sight of the sites...

May 19th 2016
...but everyone likes a sun set!! Distance travelled from Cape Town: 4,544 nautical miles On leaving Dakar we now had another two days at sea before our next Port of call, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Surprisingly there were two trivia sessions on our first of the two days. Not surprisingly, Roisin and I won both (with a little help from Don and Yonkers Dave) in the evening. This ... read more
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Spanish Flag 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
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