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Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... [read more]
Prior to the coming of the Spanish in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while Araucanian Indians inhabited central and southern Chile; the latter were not completely subjugated until the early 1880s. Although Chile declared its ind... [read more] Blog: De viaje por Fray Jorge
Date: July 9th 2004
Date: July 9th 2004
The Fray Jorge Forest has become a natural relic, a water-loving forest left behind from the Quarternary Period. One might say that it is a demonstration of what once existed of today's Atacama Desert, the driest in the world, during the last glaciation that occurred almost 30,000 years ago, when humid forests were distributed among even the lowest latitudes.The existence of the Vald ... read more
