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The expedition of Juan Bautista Pastene makes landfall in San Pedro Bay, southern Chile, claiming the territory for Spain.
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Juan Bautista Pastene
16th-century Italian maritime explorer of South America
Giovanni Battista Pastene (1507–1580) was a Genoese maritime explorer who, while in the service of the Spanish crown, explored the coasts of Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile as far south as the archipelago of Chiloé.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
San Pedro Bay (Chile)
Bay in Osorno Province, southern Chile
San Pedro Bay is a bay in southern Chile located in the southern coast of Osorno Province. In 1965 the ships Janequeo and Leucoton sank in the bay. The bay has the form of a half-circle open to the west and has several small coves.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Zona Sur
Natural region of continental Chile
Zona Sur is one of the five natural regions on which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. Its northern border is formed by the Bío-Bío River, which separates it from the Central Chile Zone. The Southern Zone borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, and to the east lies the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
September 18
Day of the year
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