Re: 15 Gorgeous Lagoons Around The World
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 2:12 pm
11. Tavewa Island (Fiji)
But it is the case that Europeans used their own language to describe new things when they explored east and west at a time of European commercial and imperial expansion.
12. Puerto Balandra, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
So, In the year 1697 an Englishman, William Dampier wrote of a ‘Lagune or Lake of Salt water’ in Mexico. Was he thinking of this spectacular place, Puerto Balandra? Perhaps not.
But it is the case that Europeans used their own language to describe new things when they explored east and west at a time of European commercial and imperial expansion.
12. Puerto Balandra, Baja California Sur (Mexico)
So, In the year 1697 an Englishman, William Dampier wrote of a ‘Lagune or Lake of Salt water’ in Mexico. Was he thinking of this spectacular place, Puerto Balandra? Perhaps not.