While having my hair cut yesterday the disuussion turned to Bahia Asuncion and my Mexican barber asked why Asuncion was chosen the name of bahia?
Anyone up to date on the history? Would love to know.
Asuncion on maps for 187 years!
David K - 1-31-2010 at 09:20 AM
1823 Map:
1905 trip/1919 map:
1907 Map:
1930 Map:
[Edited on 1-31-2010 by David K]henshaw - 1-31-2010 at 09:29 AM
Thanks David, this is good information.David K - 1-31-2010 at 10:14 AM
Glad to add a little something... always here to help, specially with history and maps!
I did check Ed Vernon's new 'A Maritime History of Baja California', but there was nothing to add on Asuncion... A lot on Tortugas and Magdalena bays,
however.rts551 - 1-31-2010 at 10:35 AM
Its has deep religious roots like many town names in Latin America The word refers to to the Assumption of Mary.Mexitron - 1-31-2010 at 10:44 AM
rts551--that's interesting, I always figured asuncion stood for "ascension" and probably referring to Jesus. But "asuncion" is defined as
"assumption" which curiously refers to the "ascension" of Mary after her death...shari - 1-31-2010 at 09:24 PM
Yes, it was named after the Virgin and there is a beautiful statue of her in the church...she's a pretty strawberry blonde and on her asencion day
Aug.15, she gets to get paraded around town and even is taken on a panga around the Island...this is when our traditional fiestas are in Asuncion.Skipjack Joe - 1-31-2010 at 09:34 PM
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rts551--that's interesting, I always figured asuncion stood for "ascension" and probably referring to Jesus. But "asuncion" is defined as
"assumption" which curiously refers to the "ascension" of Mary after her death...
Wait, there's both an ascension and an assumption?
I should have paid more attention to the nuns in 8th grade.Mexitron - 2-1-2010 at 08:56 AM
yeah I guess...Jesus ascended and Mary assumed!805gregg - 2-2-2010 at 09:29 PM
Maps mean nothing, there is a bay in Baja Sur that forever was called Bahia de Los Muertos, now Bahia de Los suenos, in Mexico money talks.Bob H - 2-2-2010 at 11:13 PM
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Maps mean nothing, there is a bay in Baja Sur that forever was called Bahia de Los Muertos, now Bahia de Los suenos, in Mexico money talks.
But, I think the question was........... why is this place called Bahia - whatever, when it is facing the Pacific Ocean? Is it really a BAY?
Interesting question.
"A bay is an area of water mostly surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the
surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds. It can also be an inlet in a lake or pond.
A large bay may be called a gulf, a sea, a sound, or a bight. A narrow bay may also be called a fjord if its sides are relatively steep. A cove is a
circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance; some coves may be referred to as bays."
