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Araucanian wars: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date 1536 - c. 1850
Location Chile
Participants Araucanian • Conquistador

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Key People

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Caupolicán
Araucanian chief
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Lautaro
Mapuche leader
Valdivia, detail of an engraving
Pedro de Valdivia
Spanish conqueror

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