Welsh settlement of Patagonia (Y Wladfa)
1865 · Event
Welsh nationalists led by Michael D. Jones establish Y Wladfa, a Welsh-speaking colony in the Chubut valley of Argentine Patagonia, to preserve the language and culture; the settlers land at present-day Puerto Madryn.
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