Pearl Islands (or Archipelago de las Perlas in Spanish) is a group of islands on the Pacific side of Panama, the most notable of which is Contadora Island known for its resorts. Contadora was said to be used by the Spanishconquistadors as a stop for taking inventory of booty prior to returning to Spain, hence the name ("contador" means counter or bookkeeper in Spanish). Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who achieved the Conquista (this Spanish term is generally accepted by historians), i. ...
The Pearl Islands were featured in the reality TV programs Survivor: Pearl Islands and Survivor: All-Stars. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Survivor: Pearl Islands is the seventh installment of the popular television reality show Survivor. ... Survivor: All-Stars is the eighth installment of the popular television reality show Survivor. ...
The ancients obtained their pearls chiefly from India and the Persian Gulf, but at the present time they are also procured from the Sulu seas, the coast of Australia, the shores of Central America and some of the South Pacific Islands.
Some pearls of rare beauty have been obtained from the Bay of Mulege, near Los Coyetes, in the gulf of California; and in 1882 a pearl of 75 carats, the largest on record from this district, was found near La Paz in California.
As early as 1 355 Scotch pearls are referred to in a statute of the goldsmiths of Paris; and in the reign of Charles II.
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