Haberton Homestead

Ushuaia- SEA CREATURES AND HABERTON RANCH ENROUTE TO PENGUINS ISLAND

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December 18th 2007
SEA CREATURES AND HABERTON RANCH ENROUTE TO PENGUINS ISLAND We continue our excursion through the Fuegian countryside, over undulating terrain of low shrubbery, until we broach outbuildings of the historic Haberton Ranch. It comprises 50,000 acres, granted by the Argentine government in the late eighteen hundreds to Thomas Bridges, a missionary considered the pioneering settler of Tierra del F ... read more

South America » Argentina » Tierra del Fuego » Ushuaia

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more