Costa Ricans Love Liberty,Peace, and Independance Why do Costa Ricans love liberty, peace , and personal independence? Christopher Columbus arrived on the Atlantic Coast of Costa in 1502 at the present town of Limon. He found very little gold in this small mountainous country. Therefore, few people from Spain came to settle here. By […]
Was Christopher Columbus Disappointed in What He Found in Costa Rica? Today October 12 is a Holiday in the US. It’s Columbus Day. On September 8, 1502 Christopher Columbus arrived on the Atlantic Coast of Costa Rica and took refuge just off the coast near what is now the Port of Limon. Was he disappointed […]
Brief history of Costa Rica : COSTA RICA’S FIRST PEOPLE. Within these soaring mountains and dense mystical rain forests lived small non unified groups of Indians with diverse language and culture. They hunted and fished, and lived off the land by cultivating corn and yucca. They were skilled in the art of ceramics, metal work,weaving, […]