Southernmost European Settlement of the World
- Southernmost European Settlement of the World
The status of being the southernmost European (permanent) settlement in the world has shifted often during history and has sometimes become the cause of national pride and rivalry.
Canary Islands
Spain began the conquest of the islands in 1402. Later the villages of Las Palmas, Tenerife and Valverde were founded.
Columbus settlement in La Hispaniola
During Columbus's second expedition in 1493, he founded a settlement in what is now called República Dominicana.
Darién
Darién was founded by Vasco Ñúñez de Balboa in Panama in 1502.
Valdivia
Founded in 1552 by Pedro de Valdivia
Castro
Founded in 1567 in Chiloé Island.
Punta Arenas
In 1845 a Chilean expedition led by Manuel Bulnes found Fuerte Bulnes which later originated in the city of Punta Arenas.
Ushuaia
By 1869 some Anglican priests led by Thomas Bridge built a missionary outpost in a bay called Ushuaia by the natives.
Amundsen-Scott Base
In the Antarctic summer of 1956-1957 an expedition send by the United States started to build a permanent base in the South Pole.
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