Matanzas, Chile
Encyclopedia
Matanzas is a village in Chile
, where many surface water sports are practiced, due to its reliable wind conditions and strong waves.
an colony. Here, part of the Spanish army responsible for the occupation of the central zone disembarked. Later, the harbor was invaded by pirates which defeated the Spanish fleet. The name of this harbor apparently is due to the extermination of the sea lions which served to provide oil.
Local people recall a history where Sir Francis Drake disembarked in Matanzas. They also talk about a sunken Spanish galleon.
Charles Darwin
recognized 31 species around Matanzas in his Navidad Formation (Darwin, 1846). This place is known for a rich molluscan fauna that was last reviewed extensively by Philippi (1887).
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
, where many surface water sports are practiced, due to its reliable wind conditions and strong waves.
History
Matanzas was a famous harbor around the time of the ChileChile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an colony. Here, part of the Spanish army responsible for the occupation of the central zone disembarked. Later, the harbor was invaded by pirates which defeated the Spanish fleet. The name of this harbor apparently is due to the extermination of the sea lions which served to provide oil.
Local people recall a history where Sir Francis Drake disembarked in Matanzas. They also talk about a sunken Spanish galleon.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
recognized 31 species around Matanzas in his Navidad Formation (Darwin, 1846). This place is known for a rich molluscan fauna that was last reviewed extensively by Philippi (1887).
External links
- Matanzas, Un Refugio a la Mano - Matanzas, Un Refugio a la Mano (Spanish page)
- Letter 932 — Darwin to Sowerby, 1 Dec 1845 Darwin Correspondence Project