Mocha Island
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Mocha Island is a Chilean island located west of the coast of Arauco Province in the Pacific Ocean. The island is the location of numerous historic shipwrecks. In Mapuche mythology, the souls of dead
Aerial view of Mocha Island
Depiction of Isla Mocha during an incursion by a Dutch pirate fleet in 1616. From the book that narrates the adventures of Dutch pirate Joris van Spilbergen.
Carahue coastal area with Mocha Island in the distance
Chilihueque
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The chilihueque/chiliweke or hueque/weke is an extinct hypothetical species of South American camelid. It lived in central and southern Chile until the colonial period.
Mocha Island
…10, 1544, who named it Isla de San Nicolas de Tolentino. According to Juan Ignacio Molina, the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen observed the use of chilihueques (a South American camelid) by native Mapuches of Mocha Island as plough animals in 1614. Mocha Island was regularly visited by pirates and privateers…
Journael ende historis verhael van de Reyse gedaen bij Costen de Straet Le Maire, naer de Custen van Chili, onder het beleyt van den Heer Generael Henrick Brouwer, inden Jare 1643
1776 illustration of various lamines, including the chilihueque at top right