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Chiloé
Chiloé , island (3,241 sq mi/8,394 sq km), a part of Los Lagos region, off S Chile. It is separated from the mainland by the Corcovado and Ancud gulfs and the Chacao Channel; the waters around the island are used as nursery by blue whales. It is the largest of the Chilean islands and the only one that has been successfully settled. A rainy climate favoring the growth of wet and dense evergreen forests makes it one of the world's last virgin frontiers. Nevertheless, the settlers have been able to raise wheat and potatoes and to export timber. The population is concentrated around Ancud and Castro; the former was totally destroyed and the latter badly damaged by an earthquake in 1960. Wrested from the natives by the Spanish in 1567, Chiloé was the last stronghold of Spanish royalists, who were not driven out until 1826. |
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"Chiloé." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chiloé." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chiloe.html "Chiloé." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Chiloe.html |
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Chiloé
Chiloé, a province of southern Chile (derived from Chile and hué, ‘port’), a name which occurs frequently in English books of voyages of the 16th–18th centuries. It was the first sight of land—and therefore vastly welcome—to mariners as they entered the Pacific either round Cape Horn or through the Straits of Magellan. Chiloé is also an island, part of the province of the same name.
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"Chiloé." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Chiloé." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Chilo.html "Chiloé." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-Chilo.html |
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