12 March 2006 Filed in:
The Voyage of the Beagle In August 1833, when Charles Darwin was on an overland journey in Argentina from El Carmen on the Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca, he came to the encampment of General Juan Manuel de Rosas. Rosas was the wealthy leader of an army of thousands of men sent to the pampas to fight the Indians, who had reacted to the influx of foreigners by slaughtering them. Rosas dressed liked a gaucho, rode like a gaucho but was said to be much more ruthless – especially when he laughed. Read More...Tags:Charles Darwin, General Rosas, Gaucho, Indians, Rio Negro, El Carmen, Bahia Blance, Argentina
