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Mythology and
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epic tale of the sailing adventures of Jason and the Argonauts
- the crew of the ship Argo in the Aegean
- soon became a symbol of maritime heroism in Greek Mythology
as well as other works like the famous Odyssey. Looking
at the Portuguese world, the last voyage could have brought
Ulysses all the way to former Olisipo (Lisbon),
thereby linking the Mediterranean to the Atlantic with an
early "voyage of discovery".
Setting the sails on the Azores, one finds that the first
and only whaling boat operating out of Horta on Faial Island,
in 1856, was also named after Jason's ship, the brig Argo,
and its skipper was an argonaut from the island of Flores,
António Teodoro Armas.
The argonaut is also a rare cephalopodus mollusc,
with sub-species like Argonauta argo which navigates
in the open sea currents, like those of the Atlantic Ocean,
and whose female builds the fragile paper white calcareous
'shell' which is actually an egg case and a living symbol
of Paleonthology, chosen as our logo.
Flores
and Corvo are the only Azorean islands emerging from the American
tectonic plate, and they are, 
therefore, the most stable islands of the whole Archipelago
- firm land which doesn't shake. Fajã Grande has some
200 inhabitants and, lying on the "alternative" west coast
of Flores, it is Europe's westernmost village. It is situated
on the seashore of a coastal plain (fajã) and is enclosed
by a high cliff with about 20 waterfalls. A few minutes from home are natural rock pools, water holes under the waterfalls, a couple of restaurants and a Balneario with beach facilities, a natural sea-water swimming pool for children
and some little taverns. All this lying under the orange sunset
over the ocean...
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