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Travel with Rick Steves

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How the Gulf of Mexico Provided So Much Protein

The Spanish were the first to successfully settle the Gulf of Mexico, at least among Europeans. The French settled certain parts of the Gulf for a few years and the British as well. Interestingly enough, none of those developed a commercial fishing trade. So it was left to enterprising Americans,. I'll like to say, to develop a commercial fishingtrade on the gulf in the early 19th century.

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