|
Cabo San Lucas ((:ˈkaβo san ˈlukas), ''Cape Saint Luke''), commonly called Cabo in American English, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. Cabo San Lucas together with San José del Cabo is known as Los Cabos. As of 2010, the city had a population of 68,463. Cabo has been rated as one of Mexico's top 5 tourist destinations;〔http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Destinations-cTop-g150768〕 it is known for its beaches, scuba diving locations, balnearios, the sea arch El Arco de Cabo San Lucas, and marine life. The Los Cabos Corridor has become a heavily trafficked holiday destination for tourists, with numerous resorts and timeshares along the coast between Cabo San Lucas and San José Del Cabo. Cabo houses a range of wild life including rays, sharks, birds like eagles and a range of fish like mahi-mahi (doradA) and stripe marlin. ==History== Archaeological excavations have shown evidence of continual human habitation in the area for at least ten thousand years.〔(Interview with Harumi Fujita )〕 When the first Europeans arrived, they encountered the Pericú people, who survived on a subsistence diet based on hunting and the gathering of seeds, roots, shellfish, and other marine resources. They called the location ''Yenecamú''. According to the narrative of Hatsutaro, a Japanese castaway, in the book ''Kaigai Ibun'' (written by Maekawa, Junzo and Bunzo Sakai and narrated by Hatsutaro), when he arrived at Cabo San Lucas in May 1842 there were only two houses and about twenty inhabitants. However, American authors such as Henry Edwards and John Ross Browne claim that Cabo San Lucas's founder was an Englishman named Thomas "Old Tom" Ritchie. John Ross Browne says Ritchie arrived there about 1828, while Edwards says that he died in October 1874.〔http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67479461〕 A fishing village began growing in the area when in 1917. An American company built a floating platform to catch tuna, and ten years later founded Compañía de Productos Marinos S.A. The plant lasted several years in operation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cabo San Lucas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|