A walking pilgrimage across Spain to Santiago de Compostela
Cultural landscape ; Cultural studies ; Galicia ; Pilgrimage ; Religion ; Spain ; Tourism ; Town
Personalized account of a hiking journey on a section of the Way of St. James in northern Spain, with comments on towns visited, landscapes experienced, and people met. - (DWG)
Shoreline forms and deposits in Gallocanta Lake (NE Spain)
Climatic variation ; Lacustrine sediment ; Lake ; Lake level ; Quaternary ; Semi-arid area ; Shoreline ; Spain ; Zaragoza
This study attempts to deduce the present and past shoreline dynamics of a small shallow lake. Gallocanta Lake is located in the central Iberian Chain, NE Spain, within a typically Mediterranean semi-arid region.
Mineralogy of iron oxides in two soil chronosequences of Central Spain
The AA. show how slight differences in the pedoenvironment give contrasting iron oxide mineralogies in the soils of two geographically close river terrace sequences of central Spain.
Erodibility and infiltration characteristics of five major soils of southwest Spain
Arid area ; Comparative study ; Infiltration ; Mediterranean area ; Model ; Rainfall simulation ; Rill wash ; Soil erosion ; Soil properties ; Spain ; United States of America
In this study soils from the major soil orders of southern Spain, developed in 3 different parent materials, were subjected to simulated rainfall to : 1) determine interrill erodibility and infiltration characteristics of some important agricultural
soils of southern Spain, and 2) test empirical relationships of soil interrill erodibility developed in the USA on those soils. The hypotheses tested were : 1) interrill erodibility of soils from Spain and the USA is controlled by similar soil properties
, and 2) the equationsto calculate interrill erodibility in the WEPP model are applicable to the soils of Spain.
Representing Spain : cultural image and geographic knowledge in National Geographic’s articles on Spain (1888–1936)
Cultural icon ; Geographical periodical ; Historical geography ; Knowledge ; Nineteenth Century ; Spain ; Twentieth Century
This article analyzes the vision of Spain conveyed by National Geographic Magazine (NGM) in the period from 1888 to 1936. Firstly, it examines the connections between the type of representations typically found in NGM and the cultural stereotypes
that existed about Spain in the United States at the time, notions mainly rooted in the North American tradition of travel writing, as well as in US Hispanism. Secondly, it analyzes the image of Spain disseminated in NGM against the backdrop of the geo
-historical, political, and socio-economic context of the country in this period, a particularly important analytical step given the profound differences between Spain and the US at the time. Special attention is paid to NGM’s editorial style (much more close
to travel journalism than to academic geography descriptions of the country), as well as to the influence of Romantic paradigm and the importance given to Spain’s regional diversity in the image conveyed by the magazine.
The roadside inn or venta: origins and early development in New Spain
The concept of the venta which was an overnight refuge for travelers was taken from Spain to the New World where the earliest ones were set up by Cortez on the Veracruz to Mexico City road. Careful discussion of their role, layout, functions