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El Fin del Mundo (Spanish: 'End of the World') is an ancient Pleistocene site near Pitiquito in northwestern Sonora, Mexico. [1] It features Clovis culture period occupation proposed to date to 13,390 calibrated years Before Present, though this is contested. El Fin del Mundo is suggested to be one of the oldest Clovis sites in North America ...
The End of the World Route ( Spanish: Ruta del Fin del Mundo) is a Chilean touristic scenic route located in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region, the most southerly region of the country. The term "end of the world" refers to Chile being the southernmost country in the world, which is why Chilean Patagonia, the southernmost natural ...
Ushuaia ( / uːˈswaɪ.ə / oo-SWY-ə, Spanish: [uˈswaja]) is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. With a population of 82,615 and a location below the 54th parallel south latitude, Ushuaia claims the title of world's southernmost city .
The Southern Fuegian Railway ( Spanish: Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino (FCAF)) or the Train of the End of the World ( Spanish: El Tren del Fin del Mundo) is a 500 mm ( in) gauge steam railway in Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina. It was originally built as a freight line to serve the prison of Ushuaia, specifically to transport timber.
PEN Translation Prize for Prose. Nobel Prize in Literature (2010) The War of the End of the World ( Spanish: La guerra del fin del mundo) is a 1981 novel written by Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. [ 1] It is a fictionalized account of the War of Canudos conflict in late 19th-century Brazil.
Unibroue was founded by business partners André Dion and Serge Racine who had acquired 75% of La Brasserie Massawippi Inc. of Lennoxville, the initiator of the micro-brewery movement in Québec, in 1990. The two purchased the remainder of the shares at the end of 1991 when they transferred their interest in La Brasserie Massawippi Inc. to ...
Tierra del Fuego ( Spanish for " Land of Fire "; Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo] ), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands ( Spanish: Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur ), is the southernmost, smallest, and least populous Argentine province.
Michael Steven Grant of New York City wants to retire in a smaller-scale place with access to a larger city. Here’s why he likes Sitges on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.