Nature Quote by Michael Baigent

“As Nancy Frey writes of the long-distance pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, 'When pilgrims begin to walk several things usually begin to…

— Rebecca Solnit

“In 1956 a series of books, articles, pamphlets, and other documents relating to Bérenger Saunière and the enigma of Rennes-le-Chateau began to appear in…

— Michael Baigent

“Spain, for so long a mere geographical expression, was somehow transformed into an historical fact.”

— J. H. Elliott

“The first goal to be able to divide my life between two lovely places, an island off the coast of France and a village…

— Anne Weale

“In 1469, the regions of Aragon (Aragón) and Castile (Castilla) were united by the marriage of Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, thus creating…

— Captain Hank Bracker, The Exciting Story of Cuba

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

— Zebulon Pike

“One of the first books of travel, giving European readers some insight into the unfamiliar world of the Orient, was published in 1356-67 in…

— Ronald Carter

My maternal great-grandfather Don Juan del Gallego was a Spanish adventurer from Asturias, Spain. He sailed on a galleon ship to the Philippines. He…

— Heart Evangelista

“This was before the Sorias had left Mexico, before the Revolution, back when they’d been called Los Santos de Abejones. When they’d been Los…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“He knew he was going to reach Berwick, and that all he had to do was to place one foot in front of the…

— Rachel Joyce

Travelling, gentlemen, is medieval, today we have means of communication, not to speak of tomorrow and the day after, means of communication that bring…

— Max Frisch

Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they…

— John Steinbeck