Conquista Del Mundo - Argentina Traditional Cache
skaven: Due to a total loss of the website hosting the game information, I have been forced to archive the challenge as the information to recreate is unavailable. Moreover, this will make room available for other cachers to place their caches.
I would like to thank all the cachers who took the time to participate in this challenge. I regret that the challenge could not be seen to its conclusion.
Conquista Del Mundo - Argentina
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This micro cache is one of four caches guiding players to the "South Amerian Continent" cache as part of the Conquista Del Mundo Challenge. Visit the User's Web Page link at the top of the cache lisiting to obtain further details regarding the Conquista Del Mundo Challenge.
First discovered by Amerigo Vespucci, a European, in 1502, Argentina quickly became the lynchpin in the Spanish empire's mercantilist system. Following the disintegration of the Spanish empire in the western hemisphere during the 1800s, Argentina declared independence, promulgating a constitution that espoused federalist ideals akin the system of government then in vogue in the United States. However, as with many of Argentina's South American neighbors, the country's politics quickly became fractious and unpredictable. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, democratic rule alternated with pseudo-dictatorship. Numerous coups, led by the military, continually checked the advance of democratic ideals.
An assembly representing most of the viceroyalty met at San Miguel de Tucumán and on July 9, 1816 (Nueve de Julio), declared the country independent under the name of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata.
Several years of hard fighting followed before the Spanish royalists were defeated in northern Argentina. But they remained a threat from their base in Peru until it was liberated by José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar in 1820-24.
The Buenos Aires government tried to maintain the integrity of the old Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, but the outlying portions, never effectively controlled, soon were lost: Paraguay in 1814, Bolivia in 1825, and Uruguay in 1828. The remaining territory--what now constitutes modern Argentina--was frequently disunited until 1860.
With war threatening once again, who will emerge victorius?
The cache container is a typical micro container (35 mm film canister). Please note the number on the front page of the log book. You will need the name of the territory and the number to complete the coordinates for the "South Americian Continent Cache".
Bring your own writing stick.
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