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Mariquita, Tolima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (82 words) |
 | Mariquita is a municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia, about 180 km from Bogotá. |
| Important Spanish settlements were located here due to its vicinity to the Magdalena river. |
| Today, Mariquita is frequented by tourists from the capital. |
| Classic Boat: Mariquita and the big four (5557 words) |
| For Mariquita Sir Thomas Lipton had loaned AK Stothert his captain, Edward Sycamore from Brightlingsea, Essex, with an experienced crew picked from his previous command, the 23-Metre Shamrock, which was laid up that summer. |
| The hull of Mariquita was brought on to Mersea Hard on a big tide and the task of removing her 40-ton lead keel began. |
| Mariquita eventually became a houseboat at Pin Mill, Suffolk, with a deckhouse fitted and was later moved to Woodbridge, on the river Deben, degenerating to sorry condition before her removal for restoration. |
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