TANDIL

tändēlˈ, city (1991 pop. 90,427), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. Founded in 1823 as Fuerte Independencia, it was a military outpost against Native Anmericans. Tandil is today an attractive resort city.

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books on: Tandil  - 38 results

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Gauchos and the Vanishing Frontier
Book by Richard W. Slatta; University of Nebraska Press, 1983
Subjects: Buenos Aires (Argentina : Province)--History, Gauchos--Argentina--Buenos Aires (Province)
...in the southern partido (county) of Tandil in 1872. Chapters 9 and 10 focus upon...feet) in elevation, and the Sierra de Tandil, rising to about 500 meters (1,640 feet...granite and marble hills above what is now Tandil (450 kilometers, or 280 miles, southwest...
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The Argentine Republic: Its Development and Progress
Book by Pierre Denis, Joseph McCabe; Charles Scribners Sons, 1922
Subjects: Agriculture--Argentina, Argentina--Description And Travel, Argentina--Economic Conditions--1918-
...154 XV. THE PAMPEAN PLAIN -- TRES ARROYES BUENOS AIRES PRAIRIE BE TWEEN THE SIERRA DE TANDIL AND THE SIERRA DE LA VENTANA 166 TOAY, ON THE CENTRAL PAMPA 590 FEET 166...
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In Search of the Castaways: South America, Australia, New Zealand
Book by Charles F. Horne, Jules Verne; Vincent Parke, 1911
Subjects: Fiction
...from whence we shall see the frontier of the province of Buenos Ayres. These we shall pass by, and cross over the Sierra Tandil, pursuing our search to the very shores of the Atlantic, as far as Point Medano." Paganel went through this programme of...
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Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives on the Native Peoples of Pampa, Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego to the Nineteenth Century
Book by Claudia Briones, José Luis Lanata; Bergin & Garvey, 2002
Subjects: Indians Of South America--Argentina--History, Indians Of South America--Patagonia (Argentina And Chile)--History, Indians Of South America--Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina And Chile)--History, Patagonia (Argentina And Chile)--Social Conditions, Tierra Del Fuego (Argentina And Chile)--Social Conditions
...Mentioned in This Volume Note : 1. Tandil and Ventana Hills; 2. Fort del Carmen...of the Eastern Pampa: the Ventana and Tandil Hills. Ventana is a continuous range with...highest point reaching 1247 m.a.s.l. The Tandil range is formed by a discontinuous group...
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A Description of Patagonia and the Adjoining Parts of South America
Book by Thomas S. J. Falkner, Arthur E. S. Neumann; Armann & Armann, 1935
Subjects: Falkland Islands, Indians Of South America--Patagonia (Argentina And Chile), Moluche Dialect, Patagonia (Argentina And Chile)--Description And Travel
...Falkner also founded two missions between the Vulcan and Tandil ranges. He was fond of travel, and traversed much of the country...68 Mountains of Vuulcan and Tandil 72 Sandy Desart; Casuhati...
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journal articles on: Tandil  - 1 result

 
 
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Conditions on Sugar Estates in Colonial Java: Comparisons with Deli
Journal article by Wim F. Wertheim; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 24, 1993
Subjects: Java--Social aspects, Plantation life--Indonesia, Plantations--Social aspects, Sugar industry--History
...from 10 to 12 hours each day, under the strict supervision of overseers from their ethnic group, called mandur (Javanese) or tandil (Chinese). These overseers were employed by the estate management as intermediaries, and had to prove that they fully complied...


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magazine articles on: Tandil  - 1 result

 
 
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Swirling Spaces of Stories and Spectators: In Disconnected Images of Bodies, Faces, and Accessories, Argentine Painter Sergio Camporeale Merges the Real and the Fantastic, Challenging Viewers to Create Their Own Interpretation
Magazine article by K. Mitchell Snow; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 55, March 2003
Subjects: Camporeale, Sergio--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Narrative painting--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painters, Argentine--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...they inspired, toured Argentina in 2000-2001, opening at Buenos Aires Centro Cultural Recoleta, before moving on to venues in Tandil, Mar del Plata, La Plata, and Bahia Blanca. In conjunction with the exhibition, Provincia Salud sponsored the production of...


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newspaper articles on: Tandil  - 2 results

 
 
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Lawn Tennis: Six Outsiders to Watch
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), June 25, 2007
...certain to keep on climbing. JUAN MARTIN DEL POTRO If you are looking for another David Nal-bandian, this 6ft 5in 18-year-old from Tandil could be your man. The Argentinian was the youngest player on the ATP to rank inside the top 100 in 2006 and he has risen to...
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PLAYER OF THE DAY; UEFA EURO 2008 Austria-Switzerland BIG-MATCH ACTION... MAURO CAMORANESI - ITALY
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 13, 2008
...donning it was a "sacred task". Camoranesi protested. Argentina had never called him up and that was that. Having been born in Tandil, Camoranesi joined local team Gimnasia at 12. He began his professional career in Mexico in 1995 with Santos Laguna who won...


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Tandil
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
TANDIL tandel , city (1991 pop. 90,427), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. Founded in 1823 as Fuerte Independencia, it was a military outpost against Native Anmericans. Tandil is today an attractive resort city. ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia...


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