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Spanish Living Language Calendars
Spanish Living Language Calendars



BOOKS ABOUT CHILE &
SOUTH AMERICA

The Career of Dona Ines De Suarez, the First European Woman in Chile: The First European Woman in Chile
The Career
of Dona Ines de Suarez, the First European Woman
in Chile


Folk Tales from Chile
Folk Tales
from Chile


The History of Chile
The History
of Chile


Tasting Chile: A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines
Tasting Chile:
A Celebration of Authentic Chilean Foods and Wines


A Wildlife Guide to Chile: Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Archipelago
A Wildlife Guide to Chile: Continental Chile, Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernandez Archipelago


Central & South America
Central
& South America




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Chile & Easter Island Posters, Charts, Photographs & Maps
for social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.


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Map of Chile, Central America, Photographic Print
Map of Chile and Easter Island

(33º26'16.2"S 70º39'1.2"W)

Chile Flag
Chile Flag


South America Political Map, Art Print
South America
Political Map,
Art Print

The Republic of Chile is located in southern South America on a long and narrow coastal strip between the southern Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes Mountains on the east. Bordering countries are Argentina to the east, Bolivia to the northeast, and Peru to the north. Easter Island, Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas are Chilean territories in the Pacific.

Because of its length of 2,700 miles Chile has a variety of climates: the north is the driest desert on the Earth, the Atacama; a fertile central valley with a Mediterranean climate; and cool and damp in the south with fjords, islands, and peninsulas. The summer season in Chile is from December to March, opposite of the Northern Hemisphere.

Santiago, Chile, Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Armas and New Office Tower, Photographic Print
Santiago, Chile, Metropolitan Cathedral in Plaza de Armas
and New Office Tower,
Photographic Print

Santiago, located in the central valley is the capital and largest city of Chile. It was founded by Spanish Conquistadors on February 12, 1541, and despite floods and earthquakes has developed into a modern, industrial city.

Chile is in the Pacific Ring of Fire: In May of 2009 Chaitén Volcano in southern Chile erupted for the first time in 9,400 years, and on February 27, 2010 an 8.8 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile along the boundary between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates.
FYI - The strongest recorded earthquake in the world, a magnitude 9.5, occured in the same region in 1960. The 2010 Chilean quake was 500 times more forceful than the 7.0 Haiti earthquake in January 2010.

Before the Spanish arrived in the 16th century, northern Chile was under Inca rule while the indigenous Mapuche inhabited central and southern Chile. Chile declared its independence from the Spanish in 1810, and achieved a decisive victory in 1818. Chile defeated Peru and Bolivia in the War of the Pacific (1879-83), winning its present northern regions which are some of the richest copper deposits in the world. The Mapuche Indians were completely subjugated in the 1880s.

Today Chile is considered a stable, democratic nation after a period of unrest in the second half of the 20th century. The three-year-old Marxist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown in 1973 in a military coup led by Augusto Pinochet, who ruled until a freely elected president was installed in 1990.



Valparaiso, Chile, Photographic Print
Valparaiso, Chile,
Photographic Print

(22º03'0"S 71º37'0"W)

Valparaiso, the third largest city in Chile and one its most important seaports, served as a stopover for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, through the Straits of Magellan. With the opening of the Panama Canal the importance of Valparaiso faded.

The city, once called “Little San Francisco”, has a mild Mediterranean climate and is vulnerable to earthquakes.

Notable people associated with Valparaiso include Salvadore Allende, Pablo Neruda and Ruben Dario.


Ahu Akivi, Easter Island, Chile, Photographic Print
Ahu Akivi,
Easter Island, Chile,
Photographic Print

	 Juvenile Andean Condor Soaring, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile, South America, Photographic Print
Juvenile Andean Condor Soaring, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile, South America,
Photographic Print

The Polynesian island of Easter Islands is 2,237 miles west of continental Chile.

The condor is the national bird of Chile.

Chilean Potato Tree, Photographic Print
Chilean Potato Tree,
Photographic Print

Popular Chilean Costume, Giclee Print
Popular Chilean Costume,
Giclee Print

The Chilian Potato Tree (Solanum crispum) grows wild in Chili and Peru; it has been domesticated as a garden plant.


Valley of the Moon and Andes Mountains at Sunset, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, Photographic Print
Valley of the Moon and Andes Mountains at Sunset, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile,
Photographic Print

Volcanic Peaks of Mt. Parincota and Mt. Pomerata on the Chile/Bolivia Border, Oruro, Bolivia, Photographic Print
Volcanic Peaks of Mt. Parincota and Mt. Pomerata on the Chile/Bolivia Border, Oruro, Bolivia,
Photographic Print

The Atacama is the driest desert in the world, gets a double “rain shadow” effect from the high pressure over the Pacific to the west and Andes Mountains to the east.

Farm house w/ mountain in background, Chile, Photographic Print
Farm house w/ mountain in background, Chile,
Photographic Print

The Snow-Capped Andes Dominate the Left Side of This Image of Southern Chile and Argentina, Photographic Print
The Snow-Capped Andes -
Southern Chile and Argentina,
Photographic Print

Plume from Eruption of Chaiten Volcano, Chile, Poster
Plume from Eruption of Chaiten Volcano, Chile, Poster

The volcanic caldera Chaiten is located in southern Chile near the Gulf of Corcovado.

Chaiten, which had been inactive for 9,500 years, began erupting in May of 2008; almost all inhabitants of the town of Chaitén and nearby villages were evacuated. The seimic and volcanic activity caused lahars, or flows of mud and debris, that in turn caused flooding that destroyed Chaiten. The town is being rebuilt.

Chaiten eruptions produced a translucent grey obsidian (volcanic glass) which was used by pre-Columbian cultures for artifacts.


Shore of Seno Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope Sound), Patagonia, Puerto Natales, Chile Giclee Print
Shore of Seno Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope Sound), Patagonia, Puerto Natales, Chile
Giclee Print

An Aerial View of Tierra Del Fuego Near Cape Horn in Chile, Photographic Print
An Aerial View of Tierra Del Fuego
Near Cape Horn in Chile,
Photographic Print

Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago off the southernmost tip of South America, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago's main island, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, is divided between Chile and Argentina; one of the smaller islands includes Cape Horn, named after the city Hoorn in the Netherlands and for awhile was thought to be the southernmost point of Tierra del Fuego (Diego Ramírez Islands).

bays, gulfs & headlands posters


World Religions - Christianity Wall Poster
Christianity,
Poster

World Religions -
Christianity Wall Poster
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.”
Luke 6:37

• more World Religions posters


Latino Writers - Isabel Allende Wall Poster
Latino Writers
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

Poster Text: “I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up amidst ancient furniture, books in Latin, and human mummies, but none of those things made me melancholy, because I came into the world with a breath of the jungle in my memory.” Eva Luna

• more Latino Writers posters
Banned Books and Authors


Salvador Allende Reader : Chile's Voice of Democracy
Salvador Allende Reader :
Chile's Voice of Democracy

Salvador Allende
b. 12-26-1908; Valparaiso, Chile
d. 9-11-1973; Santiago (assassination by suicide)

Salvador Allende, the President of Chile, was trained as a medical doctor. His decision to redistribute wealth and land in an attempt to allivate malnutrition and unemployment lead to his death during a military coup funded by the CIA.

Salvador Allende quote ~
• “Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will overcome this dark and bitter moment when treason seeks to prevail. Keep in mind that, much sooner than later, the great avenues will again be opened through which will pass free men to construct a better society. Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers!”
President Salvador Allende's farewell speech, September 11, 1973

FYI - Salvador Allende's niece, Isabel Allende, is a noted author.


Abdication of Bernardo O'Higgins, Supreme Dictator of Chile, Photographic Print
Abdication of Bernardo O'Higgins, Supreme Director of Chile, Photographic Print

Bernardo O'Higgins
b. 8-20-1778; Chile
d. 10-24-1842; Lima, Peru

Bernardo O'Higgins, of Spanish and Basque descent, is considered a founding father of the independent Chilean state.

The Chilean research station located on the northernmost part of the Antarctica continent is named General Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme Base.


General José de San Martín, Giclee Print
General José de San Martín, Giclee Print

General José de San Martín
b. 2-25-1778; Argentina
d. 8-17-1850; France

San Martin is a National Hero in Argentina, Chile, & Peru


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