History Of Patagonia

Tale giants, reckless sailors, bloodthirsty conquerors, pioneers, cinematographic labour strikes…
Patagonia’s history is part of its trademark, it’s what actually makes it “Patagonia”.
We propose to further read these articles to discover the prints left by such events.

The Gold fever in Patagonia – Part II

Here is the second and last part of the story of the Gold fever in Patagonia. Julio Popper, the intrepid Romanian, settles in Tierra del Fuego and founds El Páramo, an  establishment dedicated to the extraction of gold. But it...

How Patagonia became populated

Patagonia is one of the less populated regions in the world. There are certain areas where the demographic density is less than one inhabitant per square kilometer.

Aborigines in Patagonia

Different indigenous races inhabited Patagonia thousands of years before the arrival of the Spaniards. Their lives were conditioned by a very hostile environment. Learn the details of their history and what is their current situation.

Explorers, travelers and scientists

The first explorers came in from the sea. At the same time but from the north and from the Andes, other travellers and explorers began to arrive as well. Travelers and Scientists are a different, special category of explorers. They are driven by...

The Patagonia name

There are several hypotheses regarding the origin of the name Patagonia. The most plausible is related to one of the tribes of aborigines who lived there, although it has nothing to do with the size of their feet! Before the...

Who populated Patagonia

Patagonia is one of the less populated regions in the world There are certain areas where the demographic density is less than one inhabitant per square kilometer. History tells that the first men arrived to the southern edge of Patagonia...

Patagonia’s People: The primitive

The first men arrived to the southern edge of Patagonia and the Tierra del Fuego Channels ten thousand years ago. Their ethnical origins were diverse but surely all of them came in from the north and belonged to tribes that...

How Patagonia became populated

Patagonia is one of the less populated regions in the world. There are certain areas where the demographic density is less than one inhabitant per square kilometer. This fact poses a contradiction: on one hand it is an advantage since...

The Mapuche

The Mapuche (people of the earth, in their language) was one of the major aboriginal groups in Patagonia. They arrived in Patagonia Argentina from Chile, where they originated. They were collectors and hunters, but one of their most relevant feature...

Aborigin Overview

Different indigenous races inhabited Patagonia thousands of years before the arrival of the Spaniards.  Their culture was not advanced and this is the reason why we find only a few traces of these peoples (funeral deposits, caves, cave paintings, stone...

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