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Contadora Island is a beautiful, luch Pacific isle, but it's not in the South Seas or anywhere near them
Contadora Island is a beautiful, luch Pacific isle, but it's not in the South Seas or anywhere near them

Contadora Island is a beautiful, luch Pacific isle, but it's not in the South Seas or anywhere near them

Date11/3/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Contadora Island is a beautiful; luch Pacific isle; but it's not in the South Seas or anywhere near them. It's just 15 minutes by air from the coast of Panama. Howeverm it has all the attributes one could ask; with the exception of a Polynesian population. Once used by pearl fishermen as a place to count their treasure - hence the name - it is now site of a resort complex being underwritten by the government.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117954F
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The old gods of Easter Island, are under scrutiny now by their first tourists as the tiny, remote isle in the Pacific opens its doors to the travelling public. [Incomplete]
1/19/1970
Cosmography in four books. Containing the chorography and history of the whole world: and all the principal kingdoms, provinces, seas and the isles thereof
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1682
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1830
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1818
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1795
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Isle of Man: Have South African officials, as one newspaper says, been buying up all its warehouse space to get around sanctions?
2/7/1987
Without even removing his feet from the desk, Sunday editor Geoff Champman scored 12 1/2 out of 15 on our quiz, and we couldn't be more relieved. But wouldn't you think he'd know where Contadora is?
Without even removing his feet from the desk, Sunday editor Geoff Champman scored 12 1/2 out of 15 on our quiz, and we couldn't be more relieved. But wouldn't you think he'd know where Contadora is?
12/16/1979
In a rare bit of scientific detective work, phyicists at Ontario Research Foundation in Sheridan Park proved Canada's 1855 black 12-penny stamp was used in a mailing from Hamilton to England in 1855, boosting its value from about $3,000 to anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 for owner, a British collector. Principal scientist in applied physics, Eric Chatfield shows enlargement of letter.
In a rare bit of scientific detective work, phyicists at Ontario Research Foundation in Sheridan Park proved Canada's 1855 black 12-penny stamp was used in a mailing from Hamilton to England in 1855, boosting its value from about $3,000 to anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 for owner, a British collector. Principal scientist in applied physics, Eric Chatfield shows enlargement of letter.
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