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Vessel CHACABUCO is a Container Ship, Registered in Liberia. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of CHACABUCO including Position, Port Calls, Destination, ETA and Distance travelled - IMO 9295957, MMSI 636092679, Call sign A8JM7.
Chacabuco is a ghost town in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, once a nitrate mining center and later a prison camp under Pinochet. Learn about its history, restoration and current status from this Wikipedia article.
A 1817 victory for the Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, led by José de San Martín, over a Spanish force in Chile. Learn about the background, prelude, battle and aftermath of this key conflict in the Chilean War of Independence.
- February 12, 1817
- Victory for the Army of the Andes
Battle of Chacabuco, (Feb. 12, 1817), in the Latin American wars of independence, a victory won by South American patriots over Spanish royalists north of Santiago, Chile. It began the expulsion of the Spaniards from Chile, completed the next year at the Battle of Maipú.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 29, 2020 · Chacabuco was a bustling town in the Atacama Desert during the nitrate boom and the Pinochet regime, but now it is a deserted ruin. Learn about its history, how to get there, and what to see in this abandoned town.
Jul 15, 2020 · Chacabuco was a bustling mining town in the 1930s, but became a ghost town after the industry collapsed. It was also a notorious prison and torture camp during Pinochet's dictatorship, where many died.
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Feb 2, 2017 · The Battle of Chacabuco by Pedro Subercaseux, 19th century. The first ‘empire on which the sun never set’, Spain’s territorial control of the world reached its greatest extent a decade before the end of the 18th century. Sunset, however, was imminent.
