Cape Virgenes (Spanish: Cabo Vírgenes, lit. 'Cape Virgins') is the southeastern tip of continental Argentina in South America. The southern one, a little...
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in the United States. Ruta Nacional 40 5,194 km (3,227 mi) Argentina Cape Virgenes, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina La Quiaca, Provincia de Jujuy At km...
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Chile Cape Horn, Chile, South America's southernmost point Cape Virgenes, Argentina Cape (geography) Headland-bay beach Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary...
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industry on the eastern side of the Strait of Magellan, especially near Cape Virgenes and Punta Dungeness, as the number of sightings increases. It is unknown...
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Adults and chicks by their burrow in Cape Virgenes, Patagonia, Argentina...
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1493. Ferdinand Magellan rounded Cape Virgenes on 21 October 1520, and entered the Straits of Magellan, naming the cape after Ursula's virgins. João Álvares...
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many of its more striking features – San Matías Gulf, Cape of 11,000 Virgins (now simply Cape Virgenes), and others. Magellan's fleet spent a difficult winter...
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1520, they spotted a headland at 52°S latitude which they named Cape Virgenes. Past the cape, they found a large bay. While they were exploring the bay, a...
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discovery of gold during the rescue of the French steamship Arctique near Cape Virgenes. There are about 10 to 30 million small-scale miners around the world...
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Germany. September 23–24 (night) – Steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes, leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold and beginning the Tierra...
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night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra...
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the French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes, in Argentina near the border with Chile. An expedition sent for its...
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reached Cape Virgenes on 16 December, where they recorded the height of the native Patagonians who were thought to be abnormally tall. At Cape Virgenes the...
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to explore the region, in 1520, and discovering or naming Patagonia, Cape Virgenes, the Straits of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, the Pacific Ocean and other...
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carrack (nau) was in poor condition and deliberately ran aground near Cape Virgenes, Argentina. Trinidad was one of a twenty-three strong expedition, led...
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Candelaria Molfese Cañada de Gómez Cañadón Seco Cañuelas Pact Cape San Antonio Cape Virgenes Capital of Argentina: Buenos Aires Carancho (film) Carapintadas...
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moved capital to Buenos Aires from Rosario 1884 Gold is discovered near Cape Virgenes sparking the Tierra del Fuego gold rush 1890 Founding of the Radical...
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entered the strait near the end of July; by 9 August he had reached Cape Virgenes. He ventured up several channels, only to find them dead ends. Landing...
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area, and then on to Upper Las Virgenes Canyon. 2. The Las Virgenes Road Trailhead's main trail heads into Upper Las Virgenes Canyon, with junctions for trails...
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the Pacific. The expedition left Madeira on 21 October and reached Cape Virgenes on 16 December. There they recorded the height of the native Patagonians...
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Argentina. Elise United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Virgenes, Argentina. Emma May Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Fish Clay...
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her voyage from France to Valparaiso, wrecked at the beginning of the strait of Magellan, on the cape Virgenes et was abandoned by her crew ( France)...
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overlooking Moores Canyon, lower El Escorpión Park, and the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve; a panoramic view of the Santa Monica Mountains...
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The Virgin Islands (Spanish: Islas Vírgenes) are an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. The islands fall into three different political jurisdictions: British...
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Garcilaso. VIRGENES URBANAS "Vírgenes Urbanas. El Recorrido de las Vírgenes a Través del Perú", virgenesurbanas.wordpress.com "EXPOSICIÓN "VÍRGENES URBANAS""...
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volcanic field Coronado Guadalupe San Borja volcanic field El Aguajito Tres Vírgenes Isla Tortuga Comondú-La Purísima Researchers from Scripps Institution of...
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Las Tinajas de Murillo and El Serrucho, along with the El Azufre and Las Vírgenes volcanos. The Magdalena Plains is a large, flat area near the Pacific coast...
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state funds to purchase Ahmanson Ranch as well, creating the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve, a huge green belt on the western edge of West...
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also sighted and named the island chain of Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes (the Virgin Islands), and named the island of Virgin Gorda. On Santa Cruz...
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British citizens. The islands were named "Santa Úrsula y las Once Mil Vírgenes" by Christopher Columbus in 1493 after the legend of Saint Ursula and the...
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