Southernmost European Settlement of the World

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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.

Contents 1 Canary Islands 2 Columbus settlement in La Hispaniola 3 Darién 4 Valdivia 5 Castro 6 Punta Arenas 7 Ushuaia 8 Amundsen-Scott Base

[edit] Canary Islands

Spain began the conquest of the islands in 1402. Later the villages of Las Palmas, Tenerife and Valverde were founded.

[edit] Columbus settlement in La Hispaniola

During Columbus's second expedition in 1493, he founded a settlement in what is now called República Dominicana.

[edit] Darién

Darién was founded by Vasco Ñúñez de Balboa in Panama in 1502.

[edit] Valdivia

Founded in 1552 by Pedro de Valdivia

[edit] Castro

Founded in 1567 in Chiloé Island.

[edit] Punta Arenas

In 1845 a Chilean expedition led by Manuel Bulnes found Fuerte Bulnes which later originated in the city of Punta Arenas.

[edit] Ushuaia

By 1869 some Anglican priests led by Thomas Bridge built a missionary outpost in a bay called Ushuaia by the natives.

[edit] 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.