61. ACM Studies In Latin American Culture And Society costa rica s history and society. Flag of costa rica. costa rica and the region. The Republic of costa rica shares much with its neighbors the Spanish http://www.acm.edu/slacs/society.html

Costa Rica photo album maps links The program Immersion in daily life schedule orientation field trips ... Independent Study Project Information Eligibility credit and grades academic year program program staff ... how to apply Contacts Campus program advisors ACM office Costa Rica's history and society Costa Rica and the region Costa Ricans see themselves as Central Americans, but also as unique in the region. With their neighbors, Costa Ricans share the Spanish colonial heritage, a developing economy traditionally dependent on the export of coffee and bananas, and a close but occasionally troubled relationship with the United States. Costa Ricans also face many of the same questions confronting small nations throughout Latin America and the developing world, such as defining the role of government in combating poverty, providing education and other public services, and conserving biodiversity. Go to maps of Central America and Costa Rica and links for more information.

62. Jade In Costa Rica | Special Topics Page | Timeline Of Art History | The Metropo costa rica, a tropical country of environmental and biological diversity, With Mesoamerica, costa rica is one of the two regions in which jade was http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jade3/hd_jade3.htm

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63. Costa Rican Culture History And Archaeology costa rican Culture history and Archaeology Culture history, archaeological sites, World Atlas costa rica The original web page in the World Atlas of http://archaeology.about.com/od/costarica/

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64. CORREOS De Costa Rica - History The Postal Service at costa rica. history OF THE POSTAL SERVICES. The link between the born of the postal services and the men history is given with the http://www.correos.go.cr/CORREOSWEBSITE_ingles/historia3_in.php

Home History The Postal Service at Costa Rica HISTORY OF THE POSTAL SERVICES The link between the born of the postal services and the men history is given with the fact that man is a social being and in consecuence, he was creating through the ages a complete system to break the isolation of the first ages of the humanity and built a system that today, compose all the societies in a global vision, product of the globalization in the communications media and the technologic advance, like the satellite television. That which occurs now in Europe or Asia we can see and listen here in Costa Rica, almost at the moment. We must do a brief journey through the evolution of this concept of the communication between the human beings and that bring the born of the postal service. First was the talked message. The oral tradition begining at the early centuries of man and help as fundament to preserve the memory of an age in which the language beginning to articulate in the small human groups. Going to the writing, that become to formalize and to do less perishable the memory of the oral tradition, clay tablets, animal skins, stone tablets, were used to write the primigeny history. In Egypt, one of the most antique civilizations,the dynasties had a postal system, in which the Pharaoh and the powerful priestly class, sent their messages through the Empire. The greeks used the carrier pigeons to send the results of the Olympic games. Marco Polo told us how Genghis Kan sent his courier by horseman through Europe, and horseman must make a daily journey no less than 250 miles. At Middle Age there was a Postal Service between the Hanseatic League and the Paris, Upsala and Bologna Universities. The first public postal service was inaugurated in Cataluña and called "Troters".

65. CORREOS De Costa Rica - History Philatelic history. costa rica First Emission. In 1862, when Doctor José María Montealegre was the President, it was ordained the first costa rican stamps http://www.correos.go.cr/CORREOSWEBSITE_ingles/historia2_in.php

Home History Philatelic History Costa Rica First Emission On May 10th 1862, a Comittee present a project to the governement and the House of Representatives. On September 9th of the same year, the President gave his approval to the project and enacted the Law. This work was commended to the American Bank Note Company, who accepted on October 11th. On February 7th the stamps were dispatched to Costa Rica and the first circulation day was on April 1863. At that time was arisen the needs to have another denominations of major values, and on August 30th 1863 was ordered to the Costa Rican Ambassador in Washington the emission of 10.000 stamps with a facial value of 1 peso and 20.000 with a facial value of four reales, they were sent to Costa Rica on November 1863.

66. Costa Rica: Map, History And Much More From Answers.com (Click to enlarge) costa rica (Mapping Specialists, Ltd.) Cos·ta Ri·ca ( kos t? re k?, kô st?, ko ) A country of Central America between. http://www.answers.com/topic/costa-rica

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67. Monteverde Natural History, Costa Rica. Guides, Checklists, Keys, Images, Maps, for doing natural history with butterflies and plants in Monteverde, costa rica. Plants of Monteverde, costa rica. Species lists of plants occurring in http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/MV/MV-3.html

Monteverde Natural History Guides, checklists, keys, images, maps, references, and links for doing natural history with butterflies and plants in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Plants of Monteverde, Costa Rica Species lists of plants occurring in the Monteverde region with data on pollination and seed dispersal, publications, identification tools, and links to other sites relating to Costa Rican plants. Butterflies of Monteverde, Costa Rica Species lists of Monteverde butterflies, publications about Costa Rican butterflies, identification resources, and links to related sites about Costa Rican Lepidoptera. Guide to Clearwing Butterflies Species pages with images, identification tips, hostplants, and ecological information about clearwing butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). Pictures of all but one Costa Rican species are shown. These static html pages accompany the Electronic Field Guide project at the Univ. of Massachusetts - Boston. In the near future, we will produce these pages dynamically from the EFG database. Read about the EFG project .]

68. Costa Rica It is an excellent natural history guide to costa rica. You ll also find lodging information but in less detail than in the New Key. http://www.beachesbeaches.com/costa_fe.html

Luxury Beach Resort Vacations - Starting as low as $99 for 8 days and 7 nights. Our Monthly Featured Resort Featured BeachTown Beach Lover Personals Featured Beach Our 30 days on the Beaches of Costa Rica A bar for adults Margarita Ville Favorite Beach Articles What's in the: The Beach Bag Check the BeachCams Go Beach combing Search the Beach Wanted: Beach Writers On the Beach magazine brings you this most complete guide to Costa Rica on the Internet. No where else can you get our first hand account of our month of adventure in Costa Rica. It's free. Just send us an e-mail with Costa Rica in the subject line and we'll e-mail you our story. On this page you'll get links to everything you can imagine to ask about Costa Rica. Luxury Beach Resort Vacations - Starting as low as $99 for 8 days and 7 nights. Favorite Books on Costa Rica : Resorts that offer discounts to readers of "On the Beach." Be sure you tell them hat you found them in "on The Beach." New Key to Costa Rica - This is the guide book we used for our month in Costa Rica. For great detail on places to stay and how to get there, this book can't be beat.

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ADVERTISING INFORMATION - History C hristopher Columbus and his crew were the first Europeans to lay eyes on the shores and forest-covered mountains of Costa Rica. On the great Admiral's fourth and final voyage to the Americas, in he anchored near what is now the port city and provincial capital of Lim n. His brief dealings with the native people he met on the mainland were apparently good-natured, yet this benevolent interaction was not to be the norm during the centuries to come. Columbus landed in what is now Costa Rica , on his fourth voyage to the New World. He named the area Costa Rica (Rich Coast). Some say because of the beauty he found there. Some say because he'd heard rumours of gold. Be that as is may, he was right in the first instance and wrong in the second. It was quickly discovered that there was comparatively little gold, but the natural beauty of Costa Rica has been attracting settlers ever since the initial colonization.

71. A Photographic History Of Costa Rica 1910 Photographic history of early 1900. Family files of Fernando Rudin Hefti, including stereo photos of the earthquake of 1910 and of family life. http://www.oldfort.org/Rudin/

A photographic journey into Costa Rica between 1910-1940s. My Great Grandfather is sitting, while his son's work. My grandfather is the youngest. This site is in memory of my mother's family Fernando Rudin Hefti, son of Juan Rudin Iselin, Professor and Astronomer who emigrated from Switzerland to Costa Rica. My great uncles Max and Alberto Rudin took hundreds of stereo photographs of Costa Rica in the early 1900's. I have scanned them and put them in some sort of order. I hope sharing these photos with historians and family will be of some help. All images are thumbnails, to expand just click on them and they will expand to full view. Use your back button to return to the thumbnails. I spent many days in the small farm house on this cliff at our family farm in Tivives. I brought my wife here on our honeymoon in 1974. It was to this farm my grandfather sent me to learn Spanish on my return to my homeland in 1960s, it was either learn Spanish or go hungry. Civilization has now reached this part of Costa Rica, never again will I ride the train from San Jose to the depot outside of our farm and ride horses for hours to reach the farm. Never again will I sit on a horse at sunset and watch the cattle silhouetted against the moon. Never again will I sit on the porch and read Tarzan paperback books by candlelight. Never again will I be so totally at peace with nature. Richard H. Acrivos, Old Fort, North Carolina

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73. Costa Rica. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 costa rica’s history of orderly, democratic government began in the late 19th cent. 8. The Twentieth Century. The orderly pattern was broken in 1917, http://www.bartleby.com/65/co/CostaRic.html

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74. Bob Barnes & Associates: COSTA RICA NATURAL HISTORY TOURS costa rica BIRDING NATURAL history TOURS. PACIFIC to ATLANTIC, COAST to CLOUD FOREST. Bob Barnes. in cooperation with. Southern Sierra Research Station http://www.valleywild.org/costa_rica.htm

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75. 1Up Travel : Costa Rica - History And Culture Of Costa Rica. costa rica, with a relatively small Native American population, has been strongly influenced by the culture and traditions of Spain. http://www.1uptravel.com/international/centralamerica/costarica/history-culture.

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76. ISLS: Destination Costa Rica: Brief History Of Costa Rica Brief history of costa rica. Back before Columbus discovered the New World , what was to become costa rica was very different from its neighboring regions. http://www.isls.com/costarica/destination/history.html

Costa Rica Panama Spain Ecuador ... Destination Costa Rica Costa Rica General Info Brief History Accreditation Crime Host Family Protocol Intern Program ... Travel Tips Costa Rica Cities (Inland) Alajuela Cartago Heredia San Jose Costa Rica Cities (Coastal/Beach) Dominical Manuel Antonio/Quepos Tortuguero Arenal ... Nauyaca Falls Stories Juan Santa Maria Jungle Journey Seeking Directions Brief History of Costa Rica Back before Columbus discovered the "New World", what was to become Costa Rica was very different from its neighboring regions. As you will see, this is a difference that continues all the way to modern times. To the north you had the great civilizations of the Aztecs and the Mayans, and to the south in South America you had the mighty Incas. Because of Costa Rica's central position, one would think that it would flourish as a part of a major trade center, but that was not the case. Actually, Costa Rica was very isolated and sparsely populated. The major reason for this is the geography. Costa Rica is something like a bottleneck, with mountains that reach as high as 13,000 ft separating marshes, swamps, jungles and rain forests on either side. It was safer and easier for traders to bypass the place all together and go by sea instead. If you add to this the lack of precious metals, what you come up with, is a place with only five small indigenous groups living in the area by the time the Spanish arrived. The population of the region at the start of the 16th century was no more than 35,000. The five separate groups were: the Barucas of the central and southern Pacific side, the Bribri of the southern area and, into what is now Panama, the Caribs along the Caribbean coast, the Corobicis in the northern plateau, and finally the Chorotegas in the Nicoya Peninsula area. Today there are a few small reservations in Costa Rica holding the remaining descendants of these groups.

77. Learn About Tico Culture And History On Adventure Life Costa Rica Tours Enjoy costa rica hospitality on our costa rica tours while learning about Tico culture and history. http://www.adventure-life.com/costa_rica/costarica_history.php

contact us Costa Rica Tours Home Testimonials In the News About Us ... Flights South America Amazon Tours Argentina Tours Bolivia Tours Chile Tours ... Peru Tours Central America Belize Tours Costa Rica Tours Guatemala Tours Panama Tours Antarctica Antarctica Tours Extensions Extend your Costa Rica travel a few more days with a Costa Rica extension. San Jose Hospitality Icon Legend Please click to see a detailed explanation of these icons used throughout the site. Escort Escorted Unescorted Difficulty Easy Moderate Challenging When to Travel Excellent Very Good Unpredictable Unavailable Specials Register for Adventure Weather Map of Costa Rica ... culture History Back in the 16th century, when the Spanish explorers arrived in what today is called Costa Rica, all they found was a region scarcely populated by several poorly organized tribes. The indigenous people lived in quite autonomous groups and were probably not more that 200,000 in total. Since the indigenous communities had very little power when the Spanish arrived, the Spanish settlers has had a great influence over the country's history. Directly related to this phenomenon is the fact that when the Spanish arrived, they brought with them many diseases that killed the few native people that existed. The area was named Costa Rica (the rich coast) by Columbus when he arrived. The natives he encountered were all so friendly and wore lots of gold. In the 1560's colonization was taking place. The first colonial settlement in Costa Rica was Cartago. It was situated in the central highlands because of its rich and fertile soil, and not along the coast as with many other colonial settlements.

78. Costa Rica Art, Culture History Including Music Sports In International Real Estate, Expatriate resources, Resources for Americans fleeing America, Search the largest expatriate database of embassies, http://www.escapeartist.com/oque4/art.htm

Index for Costa Rica Index for Central America - Information about Crafts, Literature, Dance, Theater. Contemporary Art and Desing Museum of Costa Rica - Contemporary Art and Desing Museum of Costa Rica Costaricaarttour.com - Costaricaarttour.com - We offer small group tours to the workshops of Costa Rican artists to explore and learn about the process of creating paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics, furniture, craft, jewelry and much more! Gold, Jade, Forests: Costa Rica - Gold, Jade, Forests: Costa Rica - Exhibition of Precolombian Art. Marjorie Avila - Marjorie Avila Museo Nacional - Museo Nacional Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica - Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica Patricia Erickson - Patricia Erickson - View her work and curriculum: "The Red Hot Rose" and "At the Market". Tel: 710-1858 / Fax: 710-6161. Sin Fronteras - Sin Fronteras - Online-Gallery by Costa Rica Home Pages. Tomas Povedano de Arcos - Tomas Povedano de Arcos Music CantoAmerica - CantoAmerica - Afrocaribbean band from Costa Rica. Original stuff, lots of percussion, totally danceable music, good original words sung in Spanish and Caribbean English. 6 albums recorded, 14 international tours. Based in San Jose, Costa Rica. Radio in Costa Rica - Radio in Costa Rica - Articles, Radio Americana Magazine.

79. Volunteer In Costa Rica With Cross-Cultural Solutions Volunteer in costa rica and make a real difference in people s lives while An insightful, factfilled portrait of costa rican culture, history and http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/Default.aspx?page=costarica.home

80. A Short History Of Costa Rica But only as late as 1565 Spain completes the conquest of costa rica. costa rica is part of the CapitanateGeneral of a href=guatemala.htm http://www.electionworld.org/history/costarica.htm

In 1502 the Caribbean coast of what is now Costa Rica is discovered by Spain. Setlement begins in 1522 and in 1530 Costa Rica becomes part of the Capitanate-General of Guatemala inside the Vice-Royalty of Mexico. But only as late as 1565 Spain completes the conquest of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is part of the Capitanate-General of Guatemala . In 1821 the area becomes shortly independent as the Province of Costa Rica . Costa Rica is incorporated into Mexico . In 1823 it becomes a constituent state of the Central American Federation as the Free State of Costa Rica Costa Rica secedes from the federation in 1838 and becomes independent. In 1847 Costa Rica is renamed State of Costa Rica , followed in 1848 by Republic of Costa Rica . The country is dominated by civil disorder and conflict between conservatives and liberals. Costa Rica becomes a presidential parliamentary democracy in 1894. The conservative Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro becomes president. In 1902 Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra of the Partido Unión Nacional (National Union Party, PUN) wins the elections. The PUN rule is continued by Cleto de Jesús González Víquez (1906-1910) and Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez (1910-1914). The elections of 1914 lead to the presidency of Alfredo González Flores. Between 1917 and 1919 Federico Tinoco rules the country as a dictator, but democracy is restored in 1919. This leads in 1920 to the presidency of Rafael Julio del Rosario Acosta García. He is succeeded in 1924 by Oreamuno of the Partido Republicano Nacional (National Republican Party, PRN, former president for the PUN). Between 1928 and 1932 the PUN holds the presidency with Cleto de Jesús González Víquez. In 1932 starts a 16 year rule by the PRN with the presidents Romualdo Ricardo de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno (1932-1936), León Luis Cortés Castro (1936-1940), Rafael Ángel del Socorro Calderón Guardia (1940-1944) and Teodoro Picado Michalski. During the presidency of Picado Calderón remains the strongman.

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