Ushuaia Tierra del Fuego Argentina
28557 BCE to 26830 BCE
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The Cook expedition sails east over the Pacific and sights the western end of the Strait of Magellan on December 17.
They spend Christmas in a bay they name Christmas Sound on the western side of Tierra del Fuego.
They spend Christmas in a bay they name Christmas Sound on the western side of Tierra del Fuego.
...Argentina receives the remainder.
Chileans and Argentinans start sheep ranches in the Tierra del Fuegan archipelago.
A mining expeditionary party under the Romanian adventurer Julius Popper lands in southern Patagonia in 1885 in search of gold, which they find after traveling southwards towards the lands of Tierra del Fuego.
This further opens up some of the area to prospectors.