publication . Article . 2011

La proyección colonial de Chile a la Patagonia Insular en el siglo XVIII

Name: La proyección colonial de Chile a la Patagonia Insular en el siglo XVIII
Creator: Urbina Carrasco, María Ximena

Urbina Carrasco, María Ximena;

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Published: 01 Dec 2011 Journal: Anuario de Estudios Americanos, volume 68, page 599 (issn: 0210-5810, eissn: 1988-4273,

Publisher: Editorial CSIC

Summary

Abstract

In this article, the geopolitical consequences of the shipwreck of the English frigate Wager and the landfall of the ship Anna into the coasts of the Western Insular Patagonia in 1741 are presented, which were part of the fleet of George Anson. The news reporting the English presence in the deserted and unknown insular and coastal territory southernmost Chiloé, and which had disseminated towards the end of the continent, promoted the deployment of different actions tending to make presence noted, such as military and missionary expeditions, fort establishment and area patrols. None of the latter implied a permanent settlement or effective incorporation of such b...

doi: 10.3989/aeamer.2011.v68.i2.551

Subjects

free text keywords: Cultural Studies, Humanities, Geopolitics, Ethnology, Landfall, Sociology, Permanent Settlement, Frontier, Colonialism, Archaeology, Chile, Chiloé, Patagonia, Anson, Wager, Guayaneco, Frontera móvil, Latin America. Spanish America, F1201-3799, Mobile frontier

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