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Nicaraguan Orchids

Within Nicaragua there are about 800 species of orchids. Some are very small and have diminutive flowers. About 100 species have striking flowers, and about 10 species have fragrant flowers.

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Saddles

Much travel in rural Nicaragua is still on horseback. A few words and pictures of Nicaraguan saddles are in order.

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Mining

Gold has been mined in Nicaragua since well before the Spanish conquest, and is presently mined in several large mines in Chontales, Leon, and Zelaya provinces.

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  • Garrobo Grande, 1992

Notes On El Chipote

A national monument is El Chipote, the mountaintop fortress of Augusto Sandino. It is located 10 km north of Quilali, and is the next big mountain north and west of La Buhona, located just on the edge of Quilali, over which it hovers and…

 Posted on February 22, 2015

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Notes On Macquelizo

The road west out of Ocotal leads to Macquelizo, a small mining town not visited by anyone that does not know it is there. Located in the hills around the town are several old silver mines, with their dumps from mineshafts plainly visible. Ephraim…

 Posted on January 9, 2015

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Explorando la mina de oro de El Limón

Explorando la mina de oro de El Limón, en 2012.  La mina produce más o menos 5 kg de oro por día. Está situada al lado de un volcán viejo y en su interior hace mucho calor, un promedio de 41 °C.

 Posted on January 3, 2015

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A virtual tour of the Mines of San Albino, El Jícaro, Nueva Segovia

Con Danilo Lacayo en la mina San Albino, Nueva Segovia, ubicada a 8 km de El Jícaro. Fue una mina desde tiempos coloniales y Ephraim Squier describió la mina en 1860. Es donde trabajó Augusto Sandino y donde hay mucho historia. Los Marines utilizaron…

 Posted on January 3, 2015

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Rural Transportation

 Posted on January 3, 2015

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Travel Down The Rio Coco into Bocay River

The Contra War ended in 1990, and soon afterward the Recontra movement began, which led to the formation of large guerrilla bands in the north country. The largest Band, called 380, demobilized at the village school of Cualatu in 1994. Other bands began to…

 Posted on December 3, 2014

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A Trip To The Bocay River

In the years following the 1990 election and end of the Contra War, various guerrilla bands sprang up in the north country. The OAS CIAV, which was charged with disarming these groups and promoting peace in the countryside, was led by Argentine sociology professor…

 Posted on November 20, 2014

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The High Cordillera Above Ocotal

The majestic mountains above Ocotal are the highest mountains in Nicaragua, higher than the mountains of Matagalpaand Jinotega. They are a big chunk of granite, running about 70 km from east to west, and lay in a bed of metamorphosed schist, or mud. The…

 Posted on November 20, 2014

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Ciudad Antigua

Nueva Segovia, now known as Ciudad Antigua, is actually the second Nueva Segovia. The first, or at least its ruins, located five km south of Quilali, was founded in 1543 on an earlier mining town, Santa Maria de Buena Esperanza. The Indians burned that…

 Posted on November 20, 2014

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Quilali

Quilali, located close by the Honduran border in the Isabelia mountains, has had a historical presence in the development of Nicaragua. Just south of the present town are the ruins of the Spanish mining town Nueva Segovia, founded by elderly conquistador Diego de Castañeda….

 Posted on November 20, 2014

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Beach Casares

 Posted on November 18, 2014

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Ocotal

Ocotal early in the morning smells of pine wood smoke on which thousands of breakfasts are being cooked. Ocotal looks unlike most other Nicaraguan towns and most resembles a town in Chihuahua back several decades. The houses, mainly of adobe, are made like the…

 Posted on November 7, 2014

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Achuapa Bridge

This bridge is located about 10 km east of Ocotal. The Achuapa River flows directly off Mogoton, the highest mountain peak in Nicaragua, at 2107 meters. Its sands are gold bearing and worthwhile panning. The river changed its course slightly during Hurricane Mitch in…

 Posted on November 7, 2014

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BOOKS
  • An Introduction to Nicaraguan Orchids

  • Derecho Indiano en la Nicaragua Temprana: Una Guía para la Colección Somoza

  • Ethnohistory of Early Colonial: Nicaragua Demography and Encomiendas of the Indians Communities

  • La Historia, la Arqueología y la Batalla de San Jacinto

  • Los Reales de las Minas de la Nicaragua Colonial y de la Ciudad Perdida de Nueva Segovia

  • Época Temprana de León Viejo: Una Historia de La Primera Capital de Nicaragua

  • Capítulos de las Ordenanzas Reales

  • Etnohistoria de la Nicaragua Temprana: Demografía y Encomiendas de las Comunidades Indígenas.

MANUSCRIPTS
  • The Law of Intendentes, 1787 (Guatemala)

  • An Index to the Tasacion of 1581 for the Colony of Nicaragua

  • Los Códigos Reconstruidos de las Leyes de las Indias

  • A MANUSCRIPT THE CHURCH STATE CONFLICT IN THE FOUNDING OF COLONIAL NICARAGUA

  • The Compiled Mining Laws of Spain and Its Colonies, 1265-1821

  • Objetos de Jadeíta de Nicaragua: Un Análisis Preliminar

  • UNA GUIA PARA LAS LEYES DE LA NUEVA RECOPILACION DE LAS LEYES DESTOS REYNOS

  • UNA GUIA PARA LAS SIETE PARTIDAS

  • UNA GUIA PARA LAS LEYES DE LAS INDIAS

  • Libro de actas de la Audiencia de los Confines

  • Rúbrica de Alonzo Lopez de Cerrato

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