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The great British tin entrepôt mystery

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Yet another cunning plot to reconcile Diodorus with Pliny, Ictis with Mictis. With thoughts on Pliny’s use of “introrsus” and “Britannia”, and notional curragh sailing times along and across the English Channel.

Tags: Cornwall, Diodorus, England, English Channel, France, Galicia, Les bourgeois, Mediterranean Sea, Phoenicia, Pliny, Rivers, sailing, sex, Ships, Spain, Stones and metals, The ocean, The sea, tin, translation
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Is Gertrude Stein pulling the strings on the Balearics?

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

José Ramón Bauzá, in government but losing the power of speech.

Tags: Empires, rulers and warfare, Languages, Les bourgeois, Theatre
Posted in Islands, José Ramón Bauzà, People's Party (Spain), Politics of Spain | No Comments »

Pla i Llevant: An Island Region of Growing Quality

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

I feel a little sheepish to admit this, but Catavino has never been to an Iberian island. Of the 30+ islands floating carelessly off the Spanish, Portuguese and North African shores, we’ve only heard rumors of their incredible beauty, natural diversity and ample tourism. The Balearic Islands have sat squarely on my radar for years, in […] Continue Reading →

The great British tin entrepôt mystery

Is Gertrude Stein pulling the strings on the Balearics?

Pla i Llevant: An Island Region of Growing Quality

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