Occupation of Araucanía
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The Occupation of Araucanía or Pacification of Araucanía was a series of military campaigns, agreements and penetrations by the Chilean military and settlers into Mapuche territory which led to the in
View of a modern reconstruction of the Fort of Purén built during the occupation
Mapuches during a malón raid
Painting showing Elisa Bravo Jaramillo, who was said to have survived the wreck of Joven Daniel to be then kidnapped by Mapuches
Photo of Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez, the planner and military leader of the occupation until 1871
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
Occupation of Araucanía
…national territory. Pacification of Araucanía was the expression used by the Chilean authorities for this process. The conflict was concurrent with Argentine campaigns against the Mapuche (1878–1885) aimed at establishing dominance over Patagonia and Chile's wars with Spain (1865–1866) and with Peru and Bolivia (1879–1883). The Mapuche…
Conquest of the Desert, by Juan Manuel Blanes (fragment showing Julio Argentino Roca, at the front)
Mapuches during a malón raid.
Merida Fresken Pacheco 15 Diego de Landa