San Blas, Nayarit Mexico

History

The Hindu Origins Of The Olmecs - The Huichol Indians of Nayarit, Mexico call the port of San Blas Aramara, named after the India-Indian port they left on their voyage to America. Could this account for the name of the Nahuas?

Heceta Head Lighthouse is Magic on The Oregon Coast - .. In 1775, Heceta, set out from San Blas, Mexico with 45 men and provisions for a year-long mission to reach the Arctic Circle and claim points enroute for Spain ...

Kenneth Godoy » Filipinos in the New World - In the galleon era, San Blas was an active port second only in importance to Acapulco. San Blas actively traded with Manila in the 1770’s, and this trade was not necessarily carries out on the galleons. Skilled women such as sailmakers, shipwrights and carpenters from the Philippines were stationed in San Blas to repair and maintain the galleons.

Lake Minnetonka Liberty - Naval History - Jan. 12 813 - US frigate Chesapeake captures the British warship Volunteer. 1848 - Sloop Lexington attacked in San Blas, Mexico. 1953 - Aircraft landings are tested aboard USS Antietam (CVS 36), the first angled-deck carrier. ...

My Mission - Interviewed: Jack Williams, President of the San Diego chapter of the Center for Spanish Colonial Archeology.

Nuestro Tequila - THE HISTORY OF TEQUILA Tequila is a distilled spirituous drink made in a small region of Mexico through the ... the road to the busy port of San Blas, Nayarit on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. ... At this time, thanks to the easy access to the port of San Blas, ...

Red-letter dates for San Blas

Star-Telegram.com | 09/09/2007 | TIME FRAMES - At the time, the citadel housed some 200 student cadets in addition to 632 men from San BlÃ¡s Battalion.

THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS - by Longfellow

Times-News - ... This masterpiece was created in San Blas, Mexico, and sent to the mission in 1796. Two side altars were added later. Wooden columns ...

The Lost Fishermen of San Blas

3 Mexican Fishermen Rescued After Drifting in Pacific Ocean for Months - Three Mexican fishermen claiming to have been lost at sea for nearly a year have been rescued after drifting more than 8,000 kilometers across the Pacific Ocean.

Drifting fishermen survive on rain, raw fish and Bible-reading -News-World-US - Three Mexican fishermen lost at sea and given up for dead months ago have been rescued more than 5,000 miles from their home port after drifting half-way across the Pacific.

Mexican fishermen drift 8000km across Pacific - Three Mexican fishermen who drifted more than 8 000km across the Pacific have been rescued near the Marshall Islands after at least three months at sea, an official said on Tuesday.

Mexico fishermen sell their story | ENTERTAINMENT | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz - Three Mexicans who spent nine months drifting across the Pacific Ocean in a flimsy fishing boat eating raw fish and sea birds are to be paid at least $US3.8 million to turn their story into a movie.

Shipwreck Survivors - It's still night-time, but dawn will be coming soon. One of the most famous men in Mexico is lying awake in his boarding-house bed, listening to thunder pound the church on the town square. He hasn't slept in days. "When I close my eyes," he confesses, "I see nothing but the sun."