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Today I want to share you why I chose Pearl Diving as my topic. Since our teacher gave us a large list full of topics from where to choose, I decided to pick one which I wanted to know about. I found Pearl Diving and I decided to work on it because my uncle was a diver. He was called Horacio, I never met him, but my mom always tells me that he was a very good man. He liked diving, it was his hobby, and when I saw the title in the list, it remaindered me of him so I decided to investigate about it. I have found many things which I never imagined to learn; for example I didn’t know that pearl diving was considered as a job too. In my house my mom has many different things that my uncle had brought from the ocean.

Since my uncle is Mexican I will talk a little bit about pearl diving in Mexico. Before, Native American cultures hunted pearls for centuries. After this, when the Spanish came to conquer Mexico, they were attracted by pearls, making Mexico a well-known country for pearl diving. The Natives wore their pearls in their necklaces, making the Spanish to notice them and became interested. They could notice a slight difference in color of the pearls of each place; the Mexican ones were more grayish since oysters were opened with fire, rather than with a special knife. Soon pearls became a vital export to Europe to maintain Spain´s economy and success.

This is a little bit of the history of Mexican pearl diving, I hope you liked it! Take care.

REFERENCES:

Haley, Erin Moonyeen. "Pearl Diving in Mexico EHow.com." EHow How to Videos, Articles & More - Trusted Advice for the Curious Life EHow.com. EHow, 1999-2011. Web. 16 Sept. 2011. .