Touching the lucky toe

SA Cruise: Day 19

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January 5th 2013
Our ship completed its traverse of the Beagle Channel and docked about 8 am at Punta Arenas, Chile, which stands at the entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Punta Arenas is a major Chilean city of some 130,000 people. Its history is familiar: former penal colony turned major port because of its geographic location. Its prosperity has risen and fallen with its importance as a trade route. At one poi ... read more

South America » Chile » Magallanes » Punta Arenas

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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