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A foggy “Farewell” to Valparaiso and a grey start to the day in Puerto Montt 1 Bateria Esmeralda 1879

A foggy “Farewell” to Valparaiso and a grey start to the day in Puerto Montt

January 20th 2015
Monday 19thJanuary 2015 We spent our last day in Valparaiso walking around the dockyard, to one of the old batteries from the Pacific Wars, and found a nice clean beach (a rarity in Valpo). “Bateria Esmeralda” was built in 1879 and was one of nineteen emplacements around Valparaiso Bay (Los Fuertes en Bahia de Valparaiso); each had three huge canon, so the place was pretty well ... read more
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Chilean Flag 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
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