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23. Costa Rica: History because of leaf blight. Costa Rica's history of orderly, democraticgovernment began in the late 19th cent. The Twentieth Century. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0857593.html

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25. Costa Rica: History Golfito Within a short time it was built into a prosperous trade center. Golfitowas the most important port at the south end of Costa Rica. http://www.golfito-costarica.com/history.htm

Home History Golfito is situated at the southeastern side of the Golfo Dulce, a big bay off the Pacific Ocean, northwest from Panama. The port town was founded at the end of the twenties by the United Brand Banana Company. Within a short time it was built into a prosperous trade center. Golfito was the most important port at the south end of Costa Rica. Its importance has decreased dramatically in the last years since in 1985 when the banana company left and gave all their real estate to the government. One year following the departure of that industry, the government established the Golfito Reserve or “Refugio National de Vida Silvestre” - establishing a kind of limited national park or wildlife refuge area. In April 1990 a duty-free shopping zone was opened in Golfito. It attracts ticos and foreigners from all over the country. This new duty-free tourism and a newly developing Eco-tourism industry around Golfito is helping to revive the region and boost the struggling local economy. More and more travelers are attracted to visit the nearby national parks, reserve areas and botanical gardens or to take boat trips in the pristine “Golfo Dulce” (Sweet Bay) and the river “Rio Coto”.

26. Costa Rica Tourism By Ticotourism.com : Costa Rica History Independence The fact that Costa Rica is a nonaggressive country withno military also has its roots in history. Costa Rica learned http://www.ticotourism.com/costarica/Costa_Rica_information/history.shtml

Cultural exchange The Costa Rican penchant for taking the best of outside influences and adapting them goes back to pre-European contact. Cultural influences and materials from both continents are reflected in archeological findings. No jade deposits have been found in Costa Rica. Metallurgy techniques probably came from the south. Yet many artifacts exist in jade, gold, pottery and other materials, their designs uniquely Costa Rican. Exquisite examples of the high level of craftsmanship that was attained here can be admired at any of three downtown museums housing PreColombian exhibits: the National Museum, the Gold Museum, and the Jade Museum. Conquest and colonization Independence The fact that Costa Rica is a nonaggressive country with no military also has its roots in history. Costa Rica learned of its independence only after the fact, when, on October 17, 1821, a rider fro m Nicaragua brought the news.The country subsequently joined the new Central American Federation. Perhaps because the first governor was a teacher, not a soldier, Costa Rica didn't suffer the civil wars that plagued other countries in the federation countries of that era. Costa Ricans were too busy building schools and making paper by hand.

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costa rica, costa rica travel, costa rica hotel, costa rica map, costa rica real estate, costa rica vacation, costa rica tourism, san jose costa rica, photos, images, pictures, costa rica chat, costa rica new, costa rica resort, hotel santo tomas, beach, beaches, Tamarindo Beach, Flamingo Beach, Manuel Antonio Beach, Manuel Antonio National Park, turtles, monkeys, horseback riding, fishing, diving, snorkeling, surfing, surf, costa rica surf, costa rica surfing, tours, tour, salt water fishing, Jaco Beach, Pavones Beach, Pavones, Jaco, Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Pacific Coast, Pacific Beaches, playa, playas Costa Rica History Located in Central America: Costa Rica is bordered on the north by Nicaragua, on the south by Panama, the Pacific ocean on the west and the Caribbean on the east. During his fourth voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher Columbus landed at "Cariari," known today as Puerto Limon. Columbus actually named Costa Rica (rich coast) under the assumption that the land was filled with precious metals. The earth never yielded gold and silver, but the name was perfect for the wealth of natural beauty and flawless climate. The country has a territory of 51,000 km2 and a population of 5,000,000. Mountains spread from the northeast to the southeast forming a fertile central valley measuring approximately 3,000 km. At 4,000 foot elevation it has one of the most perfect climates in the world. The great majority of the population is concentrated here. The first settlers in Costa Rica were the Chorotega, Huetares and Brunca or Boruca Indians; today there are still about 20,000 Indians living here.

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31. Costa Rica History_IHCAI Who are we? History of Costa Rica. There where about 40.000 souls livingon the territory of Costa Rica When America was discovered. http://www.ihcai.org/CR History P010.htm

Who are we? History of Costa Rica There where about 40.000 souls living on the territory of Costa Rica When America was discovered. The people were divided into different kingdoms in two big areas of cultural influence. One was Mesoamerica with the Mayas and Aztecs and the other was South America. Costa Rica was a point for trade, but not the seat of any well-organized culture itself. Central America became independent of Spain on September 15, 1821. Guatemala, then the seat of the governor, declared its independence of the King of Spain who, at that time, was involved in several wars and had to accept. Costa Rica did not hear about its independence until a month later, when the letter arrived from Guatemala. It was briefly part of the Mexican empire, and then became a state within the Central American United Provinces. The first elected head of state was Juan Mora Fernández, who governed from 1824 to 1833. During his time of office the export of coffee, that had been introduced a few years earlier from Cuba, began in modest amounts. The rest of the 19th century saw a steady increase in coffee exports, and this turned Costa Rica from an extremely poor and struggling country into a more successful and worldly one. In June 1855, the US filibuster William Walker arrived in Nicaragua with the aim of conquering Central America and converting it into slaving territory, then using the slaves to build a Nicaraguan canal to join the Atlantic and Pacific. Walker defeated the Nicaraguans and advanced to Costa Rica, which he entered more or less unopposed. Costa Rica had no army, so Mora – the president at that time – organized 9000 civilians to gather what arms they could and march north in February 1856. In a short, but determined battle, the Costa Ricans defeated Walker, who retreated to Nicaragua followed by the victorious Costa Ricans. Walker and his soldiers made a stand in a wooden fort, and Juan Santamaria, a drummer boy, volunteered to torch the building, thus forcing Walker to flee. Santamaria was killed doing this and is now remembered as one of Costa Rica’s favorite national heroes.

32. Costa Rica - History & Culture Find a history of costa rica organized by period. Learn about the president of costa rica's role in resolving the Nicaraguan Revolution. http://www.interknowledge.com/costa-rica/history.htm

COSTA RICA T he 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. Archaeologists now know that civilization existed in Costa Rica for thousands of years before the arrival of Columbus, and evidence of human occupation in the region dates back 10,000 years. Among the cultural mysteries left behind by the area's pre-Columbian inhabitants are thousands of perfectly spherical granite bolas that have been found near the west coast. The sizes of these inimitable relics range from that of a baseball to that of a Volkswagen bus. Ruins of a large, ancient city complete with aqueducts were recently found east of San Jose, and some marvelously sophisticated gold and jade work was being wrought in the southwest as far back as 1,000 years ago. Some archeological sites in the central highlands and Nicoya peninsula have shown evidence of influence from the Mexican Olmec and Nahuatl civilizations. By the time the Columbus arrived, there were four major indigenous tribes living in Costa Rica. The east coast was the realm of the Caribs, while the Borucas, Chibchas, and Diquis resided in the southwest. Only a few hundred thousand strong to begin with, none of these peoples lasted long after the dawn of Spanish colonialism. Some fled, while many others perished from the deadly smallpox brought by the Spaniards. Having decimated the indigenous labor force, the Spanish followed a common policy and brought in African slaves to work the land. Seventy thousand of their descendants live in Costa Rica today, and the country is known for good relations among races. Regrettably, only 1 percent of Costa's Rica's 3 million people are of indigenous heritage. An overwhelming 98 percent of the country is white, and those of Spanish descent call themselves

33. Costa Rica, History the 1940s and its climax, the civil war, mark a turning point in costa rican historyfrom paternalistic Calderón also founded the University of costa rica. http://www.photo.net/cr/moon/history.html

Sign in Search Community Gallery ... ezShop History by Christopher Baker Home Travel Costa Rica ... CR Handbook : One Article PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA COLONIAL ERA The First Arrivals When Columbus anchored his storm-damaged vessel in the Bay of Cariari on his fourth voyage to the New World, he was welcomed and treated with great hospitality. The coastal Indians sent out two girls, "the one about eight, the other about 14 years of age," Columbus's son Ferdinand recorded. "The girls . . . always looked cheerful and modest. So the Admiral gave them good usage. . ." In his Lettera Rarissima to the Spanish king, Columbus gave a different tale of events: "As soon as I got there they sent right out two girls, all dressed up; the elder was hardly eleven, the other seven, both behaving with such lack of modesty as to be no better than whores. As soon as they arrived, I gave orders that they be presented with some of our trading truck and sent them directly ashore." In 1506, Ferdinand of Spain sent a governor, Diego de Nicuesa, to colonize the Atlantic coast of Veragua. He got off to a bad start by running aground off the coast of Panama and was forced to march north, enduring a welcome that was less hospitable than that of Columbus. Antagonized Indian bands used guerrilla tactics to slay the strangers and willingly burnt their own crops to deny them food. Nicuesa set the tone for future expeditions by foreshortening his own cultural lessons with the musket ball. Things seemed more promising when an expedition under Gil Gonzalez Davila set off from Panama in 1522 to settle the region. It was Davila's expedition, given quantities of gold, that nicknamed the land Costa Rica, the "Rich Coast."

34. Costa Rica Handbook of the book include the following 100 pages of introductory material on the history,politics, and ecosystems of costa rica (more or less what you see above); http://www.photo.net/cr/moon/cr-handbook

Sign in Search Community Gallery ... ezShop Costa Rica Handbook by Christopher Baker Home Travel Costa Rica : One Section Where another travel magazine might review a guidebook, Web Travel Review brings you the guidebook . Thanks to an arrangement with Moon Publications , we are able to make over 100 pages of this excellent book available on the Web, illustrated with 91 photographs by Philip Greenspun . You can buy the hardcopy here Why Costa Rica The Land Climate ... Booklist Note: if you have a specific question and can't find the answer here or in Philip Greenspun's story then post a question in the Traditional Review Christopher Baker's Costa Rica Handbook is part of the Moon Travel Handbooks series that I've enjoyed in many other corners of the world including New Zealand and New Mexico. Strong points of the book include the following: 100 pages of introductory material on the history, politics, and ecosystems of Costa Rica (more or less what you see above) Another 100 pages of practical general-purpose tips 350 pages more of region-by-region coverage, illustrated with 75 maps and containing accurate phone numbers for just about every organization or business you'd ever want to call.

35. A Brief History Of Costa Rica Background information about costa rica's climate, history, government, etc. A Brief history of costa rica. Human habitation can be traced back more than 10 000 years but it appears costa rica was http://www.centralamerica.com/cr/info/history.htm

A Brief History of Costa Rica Human habitation can be traced back more than 10,000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢n on September 18, 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas, there were probably no more than 20,000 indigenous inhabitants They lived in several autonomous tribes, all with distinct cultures and customs. Costa Rica's only major archaeological site is at Guayabo, 30 miles east of San Jos‚, where an ancient city, dating back to 1000 B.C. and though to have contained 10,000 people at its peak, is currently being excavated. Many interesting gold, jade and pottery artefacts have been found throughout the region and are on display in several museums in San Jose. Central America gained independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. The news reached Costa Rica a month after the event. The question of whether Costa Rica should join newly independent Mexico or join a new confederation of Central American states resulted in a bitter quarrel between the leaders of San Jose and their counterparts in Cartago and Heredia. A brief civil war in 1823 was won by San Jose and Costa Rica joined the confederation. Juan Mora Fernandez was elected the country's first head of state in 1824. His progressive administration expanded public education and encouraged the cultivation of coffee with land grants for growers. This quickly led to the establishment of a new Costa Rican elite, the coffee barons, who quickly put their power to use by overthrowing the first Costa Rican president, Jos‚ Maria Castro. His successor, Juan Rafael Mora, is remembered as the man who mobilized a force of Costa Rican volunteers and defeated William Walker, ending the persistent North American adventurer's ambitions to turn Central America into a slave state and annex it to the United States.

36. Costa Rica, History Read a history of costa rica that begins before the Conquest and touches on every historical period thereafter. history. by Christopher Baker. Home Travel costa rica CR Handbook One Article http://photo.net/cr/moon/history.html

Sign in Search Community Gallery ... ezShop History by Christopher Baker Home Travel Costa Rica ... CR Handbook : One Article PRE-COLUMBIAN ERA COLONIAL ERA The First Arrivals When Columbus anchored his storm-damaged vessel in the Bay of Cariari on his fourth voyage to the New World, he was welcomed and treated with great hospitality. The coastal Indians sent out two girls, "the one about eight, the other about 14 years of age," Columbus's son Ferdinand recorded. "The girls . . . always looked cheerful and modest. So the Admiral gave them good usage. . ." In his Lettera Rarissima to the Spanish king, Columbus gave a different tale of events: "As soon as I got there they sent right out two girls, all dressed up; the elder was hardly eleven, the other seven, both behaving with such lack of modesty as to be no better than whores. As soon as they arrived, I gave orders that they be presented with some of our trading truck and sent them directly ashore." In 1506, Ferdinand of Spain sent a governor, Diego de Nicuesa, to colonize the Atlantic coast of Veragua. He got off to a bad start by running aground off the coast of Panama and was forced to march north, enduring a welcome that was less hospitable than that of Columbus. Antagonized Indian bands used guerrilla tactics to slay the strangers and willingly burnt their own crops to deny them food. Nicuesa set the tone for future expeditions by foreshortening his own cultural lessons with the musket ball. Things seemed more promising when an expedition under Gil Gonzalez Davila set off from Panama in 1522 to settle the region. It was Davila's expedition, given quantities of gold, that nicknamed the land Costa Rica, the "Rich Coast."

37. Info Costa Rica Make reservations for tours, lodging, transportation, and find articles on nature, history, as well as art and culture. Includes maps, forums, and photos. http://redirect-west.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.looksmart.com/og/pr%3Dcdd%3B

38. Costa Rica - The Civil War Of 1948 San Jose, costa rica Updated 13Aug-02. It also gave women the right to vote andgave full citizenship and rights to the black population of costa rica. http://www.infocostarica.com/history/1948.html

San Jose, Costa Rica Updated 13-Aug-02 Costa Rica in General Traveling to Costa Rica Business in Costa Rica Ask questions here: ... Cool Stuff here! Search ... Related to this article ... What's New ... Costa Rica Travel Hotel, Tour and Transport Reservations System Costa Rica News Archives Costa Rica Pictures Costa Rica Maps ... Casino and Sportsbook Latest Conversations... Any Downside to Moving to C.R. Barcelo Playa Tambor Costa Rica - Travel Report Allegro Papagayo Trip Report - Guanacaste ... Costa Rica Car theft !! Be careful Mailing Lists ... Subscribe Unsubscribe Recommend this page to your friends ... About this Page ... Advertise with us! Investment contacts The Civil War of 1948 by Infocostarica Staff Jose Figueres, better known as "Don Pepe" was an agricultural entrepreneur, an economist, a politician and a philosopher. This singular and charismatic man led the country into a civil war that would only last five weeks but would take the lives of 2000 people, mostly civilians. Other men like Rodrigo Facio Brenes-lawyer- and Carlos Monge Alfaro-historian- had founded a group of intellectuals that accused the government of corruption, and who insisted that Costa Rica had to adopt a socialist system. These intellectuals joined forces with Figueres and his party called "Partido Accion Democrata", founded in 1944 and together formed the "Partido Social Democrata" in 1945. Don Pepe had spoken against the government in a radio show in 1942, and was apprehended before ending the transmission and sent to exile to Mexico. Here, he started plotting the military take over of the Costa Rican government. Figueres and his followers accused the Calderon government of fraud and corruption, thus justifying military action as the only possibility to achieve power . Figueres signed an agreement with other Latin American countries, in which his army was to receive support in exchange for allowing Costa Rica to become a platform for destroying dictatorships in the area. After this agreement, signed in 1947, Figueres started training local and foreign militia in one of his farms.

39. WWW-VL History Index WWWVL history Index site providing links for WWW-VL history costa rica http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/americas/costa_rica.html

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home search help worldguide ... Related Weblinks Costa Rica History Mystery shrouds pre-Columbian Costa Rica: Few archaeological monuments and no proof of a written language have ever been discovered. Recorded history tends to begin with Christopher Columbus, who stayed for 17 days in 1502, and was so impressed by the gold decorations worn by the friendly locals he promptly dubbed the country Costa Rica, 'the rich coast'. Despite the lure of untold wealth, colonisation was slow to take hold and it took nearly 60 years for the Spanish settlers to make a dent in the tangled jungle. Once the process had started, however, Costa Rica, like its similarly-colonised neighbours, suffered the effects of European invasion. The indigenous population did not have the necessary numbers or organization to resist the Spanish, and their populations dwindled quickly because of susceptibility to European diseases. back to top previous next : We've tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information. You should verify critical information like visas, health and safety, customs, and transportation) with the relevant authorities before you travel. view enlargement view slideshow Lonely Planet guides to Costa Rica and the world order now Round-the-World Tickets Connect the dots, find a fare

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