| It is thought the first humans came to the
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| | variety of sites of interest, and
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| southern end of the peninsula 14,000 years
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| | timeshares that have been built on the
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| ago. When the first Europeans arrived,
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| | coast between San Lucas and San José del
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| nomadic groups of Pericú survived on a
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| | Cabo.
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| subsistence diet based on the gathering of
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| | Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo are
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| fruit, seeds, roots, and shellfish, as
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| | served by Los Cabos International Airport.
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| well as hunting and fishing. They lived a
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| | Cabo San Lucas has the largest Marlin
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| Neolithic lifestyle, without metals.
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| | tournament in the world, with a $1,000,000
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| The first Europeans
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| | jackpot. [1]
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| Hernán Cortés, in 1535, and Juan
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| | Cabo San Lucas is a popular port of call
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| Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542, were the
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| | for many cruise ships.
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| first Europeans to reach the coasts of
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| | In the winter, pods of whales can be
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| Cabo San Lucas.
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| | observed in the ocean. They bear their
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| In March 1602 the Viceroy Count of
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| | calves in the warm waters there.
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| Monterrey, Gaspar Zuniga y Acevedo,
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| | The distinctive El Arco de Cabo San Lucas
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| appointed General Sebastián Vizcaíno to
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| | is a local landmark.
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| lead the exploration of coastal California
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| | The kids on the hit MTV show Laguna Beach:
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| in search of ports of refuge for the
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| | The Real Orange County took their spring
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| galleons of Manila.
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| | break here twice.
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| From May 5 of that year to February 21,
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| | Small sections of the motion picture, Troy
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| 1603, Vizcaíno guided three ships, named
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| | were filmed on some of the beaches near
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| the San Diego, the Santo Tomás, and the
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| | Cabo San Lucas.
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| Tres Reyes. They sailed from the port of
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| | The Golden Corridor
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| Acapulco north to the cape at Mendocino,
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| | Cabo San Lucas raucous party atmosphere
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| California, in the company of the
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| | and San Jose’s laid-back colonial style
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| cosmographers Gerónimo Martí Palacios
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| | are bridged by a golf course- and
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| and the Carmelite monk Antonio de la
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| | resort-studded Tourist Corridor that
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| Ascensión, who during the voyage named
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| | stretches between the twin towns in 20
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| the places visited, made maps and prepared
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| | miles of pristine white sand beaches and
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| courses and journals describing the coast
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| | craggy coves.
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| that would be used for the navigation of
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| | Exclusive hotels and gated residential
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| those places until the end of the 18th
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| | communities attracting a wide clientele of
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| century.
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| | rich and famous weave seamlessly amid this
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| Their maps of the California coastline are
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| | wonderous landscape and comprise this
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| admirable for their precision and exacting
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| | region known as “the Corridor”. Many
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| detail; it was on that exploratory voyage
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| | of these properties, which are considered
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| that Cabo San Lucas was given its present
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| | some of Latin America’s top resorts,
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| name, dedicating it to Saint Luke.
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| | have become havens to Hollywood stars,
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| The town's founding
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| | Fortune 500 C.E.O.s and even the U.S.
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| Although humans have lived on the southern
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| | president during the 2002 Asian Pacific
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| portion of the Baja California peninsula
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| | Economic Conference (APEC).
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| for thousands of years, including the
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| | Today, sportsmen continue to flock to Los
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| region of Cabo San Lucas, it was not until
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| | Cabos for world-famous fishing,
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| the beginning of the 20th century that a
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| | outstanding diving, and game bird hunting.
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| fishing village began to develop in that
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| | However, the area now also draws families,
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| area. In 1917, an American company built a
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| | beach lovers, honeymooners, and golfers.
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| floating platform to catch tuna, and ten
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| | Huge investments in golf courses have been
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| years later founded the Companía de
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| | made in the 30 kilometer "Corridor"
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| Productos Marinos, S.A., which gave rise
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| | between Cabo San Lucas and Jose Del Cabo.
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| to the village.
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| | 108 holes are already open, with a master
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| The development boom
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| | plan calling for an eventual 207 holes.
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| The warmth of the waters at Cabo San
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| | Dramatic course layouts built by some of
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| Lucas, the beauty of its beaches, the
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| | golf's premier designers take full
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| abundance of sport fish, and other
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| | advantage of the region's striking
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| qualities, motivated a great number of
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| | landscape.
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| both foreign and Mexican vacationers to
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| | Cabo San Lucas boasts dozens of fine
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| spend their vacations in large-scale
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| | restaurant, shopping, a marina, and active
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| tourist developments there, starting from
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| | nightlife. Accommodations are first-class
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| 1974 when the Mexican government created
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| | and feature some of Mexico's finest
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| the infrastructure to turn Cabo San Lucas
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| | properties. With miles of pristine
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| into one of the most attractive centers
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| | beaches, beautiful scenery, and almost
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| for tourism in Mexico.
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| | perfect weather, it's no wonder that Los
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| Tourism
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| | Cabos is fast becoming the ultimate resort
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| Cabo San Lucas has become an important
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| | destination.
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| vacation and spa destination, with a great
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