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Bahia Asuncion
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.
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David K
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Asuncion on maps for 187 years!
1823 Map:
1905 trip/1919 map:
1907 Map:
1930 Map:
[Edited on 1-31-2010 by David K]
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henshaw
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Thanks David, this is good information.
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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.
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Its has deep religious roots like many town names in Latin America The word refers to to the Assumption of Mary.
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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...
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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.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
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.
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yeah I guess...Jesus ascended and Mary assumed!
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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.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 805gregg
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.
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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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay
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[Edited on 2-3-2010 by Bob H]
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Bays are on the ocean Bob... and gulf, too. Locally: Mission Bay, San Diego Bay, Bay of Santa Catalina...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay :
"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."
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