Conquest of the Desert
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The Conquest of the Desert was an Argentine military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca during the 1870s and 1880s with the intention of establishing dominance over Patagonia, in
Conquest of the Desert, by Juan Manuel Blanes (fragment showing Julio Argentino Roca, at the front)
Merida Fresken Pacheco 15 Diego de Landa
Tehuelche people
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The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an Indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by the Mapuche people, an
Tehuelche people of Argentine Patagonia at the 1904 World's Fair.
Tehuelche chiefs, located in Santa Cruz Province in the south of Argentina
Grupo de patagones en puerto Peckett. An 1832 drawing made during the voyage of Jules Dumont d'Urville.
Tehuelche cloak; Museo de La Plata