Punta Arenas
Located on the Brunswick Peninsula north of the Strait of Magellan, Punta Arenas was originally established by the Chilean government in 1848 as a tiny penal colony to assert sovereignty over the Strait. During the remainder of the 1800s, Punta Arenas grew in size and importance due to the increasing maritime traffic and trade travelling to the west coasts of South and North America. This period of growth also resulted from the waves of European immigrants, mainly from Croatia and Russia attracted to the gold rush and sheep farming boom in the 1880s and early 1900s. The largest sheep company, controlling 10,000 square kilometres in Chile and Argentina, was based in Punta Arenas, and its owners lived there.
Q994149
Brunswick Peninsula
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Q48365
Strait of Magellan
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Q51599
Punta Arenas
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1848-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1848
DATE
Q1140316
penal colony
Concept
1800-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1800
DATE
Q51599
Punta Arenas
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Q224
Croatia
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Q159
Russia
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Q5484440
gold rush
Concept
Q15846543
sheep farming boom
UNK
1880-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1880
DATE
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1900
DATE
Q51599
Punta Arenas
LOC
Q994149
Brunswick Peninsula
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Q48365
Strait of Magellan
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