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  • Chile Arauco, La Rioja, Argentina Arauco Department, La Rioja, an administrative entity in La Rioja Province, Argentina Gulf of Arauco, a body of water...
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    Biobío River (category Rivers of Biobío Region)
    in the Andes and flows 380 km to the Gulf of Arauco (in Spanish) on the Pacific Ocean. The major tributaries of the river are the Malleco and the Laja...
    10 KB (1,004 words) - 20:47, 14 February 2022
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    The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía region of Chile. The conflict...
    64 KB (7,715 words) - 23:24, 16 June 2024
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    Chincha Islands War (category History of South America)
    placed under the command of Peruvian Captain Manuel Villar and had taken refuge at Abtao, a well-protected inlet near the gulf of Chiloé, in southern Chile...
    30 KB (3,201 words) - 20:23, 4 June 2024
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    Blanca captured the Chilean sidewheel steamer Paquete de Maule in the Gulf of Arauco. Paquete de Maule was a 400-ton sidewheel steamer built by Lawrence...
    4 KB (413 words) - 22:31, 12 August 2023
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    Lota, Chile (category Communes of Chile)
    the center of Chile on the Gulf of Arauco (in Spanish), in the southern Concepción Province of the Biobío Region, 39 kilometres south of Concepción,...
    12 KB (1,045 words) - 01:02, 4 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Callao
    of Callao (Spanish: Combate del Dos de Mayo, as it is known in South America) occurred on May 2, 1866, between a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral...
    21 KB (2,495 words) - 21:57, 9 August 2023
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    miles north of Valparaiso, Chile, near the coastal town of Papudo. Until November 1865, Chile had been the only country firm in its declaration of war against...
    4 KB (359 words) - 16:48, 2 June 2024
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    Santa María Island, Chile (category Islands of Biobío Region)
    the Bay of Arauco off the western coast of the Concepción Province of the Biobío Region of Chile. It is administered as part of the city of Coronel on...
    12 KB (1,132 words) - 00:20, 27 May 2024
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    at the island of Abtao in the Gulf of Ancud near Chiloé Archipelago in south-central Chile. It was limited to a long-range exchange of fire between the...
    11 KB (1,125 words) - 12:54, 4 May 2024
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    of Valparaíso on 31 March 1866 took place during the Chincha Islands War, when a Spanish fleet shelled, burned and destroyed the undefended port of Valparaíso...
    11 KB (1,148 words) - 21:15, 13 December 2023
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    particularly around the Gulf of Arauco, Santa María Island and the Bay of Concepción. This uplift caused large scale die offs of D. antarctica and dramatically...
    57 KB (5,577 words) - 07:51, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Action of 22 August 1866
    The action of 22 August 1866 occurred during the Chincha Islands War near Funchal, on the island of Madeira, and was the final action of the war battle...
    3 KB (363 words) - 13:20, 13 January 2023
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    The action of 17 November 1865 was a minor naval engagement that took place off Tomé, during the Chincha Islands War. Chilean tugboat Independencia captured...
    5 KB (535 words) - 16:44, 2 June 2024
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    Paquete de Maule (category Naval ships of Chile)
    the Spanish frigates Blanca and Numancia at the Gulf of Arauco. On 10 May 1866, after the Battle of Callao, the Paquete del Maule was burned and scuttled...
    6 KB (435 words) - 05:54, 25 July 2023
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    the Arauco War. Relations with the new Chilean Republic were good until the Chilean state decided to occupy their lands. During the Occupation of Araucanía...
    229 KB (23,946 words) - 14:43, 25 June 2024
  • La Frontera (Chile) (category History of the Captaincy General of Chile)
    from Arauco Province the garrison and inhabitants of Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel to the bank of the Laja River near the Andes where a new fort of the...
    9 KB (1,193 words) - 03:47, 17 May 2024
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    White slavery (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024)
    Sexual slavery was a central part of the Ottoman slave system throughout the history of the institution. In the Arauco War (1550–1662), a long-running conflict...
    54 KB (6,620 words) - 20:40, 8 May 2024
  • of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also Map all coordinates in "Category:Battles of...
    172 KB (253 words) - 19:11, 25 June 2024
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    Middle Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada Northwestern British Columbia, Canada Arauco Province, Bío Bío Region, Chile San Antonio Province, Valparaíso Region...
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