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IMPOSING SCENES such as this are not uncommon about the 

 Sea of Cortes which also was known to mariners as the Gulf of 

 Storms and the Vermilion Sea long before geographers named 

 it the Gulf of California. Canoe-shaped craft of native fisher- 

 men and pearl divers dot the stretch of beach off La Paz. Most 

 important port on the peninsula of Baja California it has a color- 

 ful history of more than four centuries. Literally the name La 

 Paz means "Place of Peace." Her palm-lined esplanade and a 

 picturesque native bake oven are shown in two interesting 

 views on the succeeding page. 



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