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Tomas Lopez compuesto por el mapa manuscrito de Poncho Chileno, Madrid 1777 · Public domain
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Arauco War

1550 CE – 1662 CE

A long frontier war in southern Chile in which Mapuche resistance repeatedly shattered Spanish attempts to conquer Araucania, making it one of the most durable indigenous resistances in the Americas.

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Conflict between Spanish settlers of Chile and indigenous peoples (16th–17th centuries)

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Conflict · Americas

Arauco War

1550 CE – 1662 CE

A long frontier war in southern Chile in which Mapuche resistance repeatedly shattered Spanish attempts to conquer Araucania, making it one of the most durable indigenous resistances in the Americas.

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