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Julius Popper (December 15, 1857 – June 5, 1893), known in Spanish as Julio Popper (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxuljo poˈpeɾ]), was a Romanian-born Argentine colonial engineer, adventurer, and explorer.
Jan 20, 2018 · Julio Popper, engineer and explorer, one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the native Selknam people. Popper led the 18 men of his company, Lavaderos de Oro del Sud, which in English means the Gold Washers of the South, on an expedition to the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego.
Track #4 del primer disco de Julius Popper.iTunes: http://apple.co/1OVvHWlSpotify: http://bit.ly/1OinEkNPortaldisc: http://bit.ly/1Rs8OZ4
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Julius Popper, known in Spanish as Julio Popper, was a Romanian-born Argentine colonial engineer, adventurer, and explorer. He was known as a modern "conquistador" of Tierra del Fuego in southern South America, and was both a controversial and influential figure.
POPPER, JULIUS (1857–1893), Romanian explorer. Popper's father was the principal of the first Jewish school in Bucharest. After studying engineering in Paris, he went on a world trip during which he heard about gold deposits on Tierra del Fuego.
Back in 1885, the Romanian-born Jewish engineer Julius Popper had the great idea to mine for gold at Terra del Fuego. We're not using "great" sarcastically here: it actually worked out. Argentina granted Popper a permit, gold was found, and he even printed coins that became legal tender when the Argentine peso collapsed.
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Track #11 del primer disco de Julius Popper.iTunes: http://apple.co/1OVvHWlSpotify: http://bit.ly/1OinEkNPortaldisc: http://bit.ly/1Rs8OZ4
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