Initially , when the Conquistadors conquered the Incan Empire , the Spanish Colonist had very little interest in Chile , and were much more intrested in the gold of Peru instead . The first attempt at colonizing Chile , by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Almagro was abortive and the second by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Valdivia almost came to grief when Santiago was destroyed by the Mapuche .
Given that the Mapuche Indians of Chile took centuries to be subdued http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche, with a POD of 1530 , how far can the colonization of Chile be aborted ? Given that Chile was considered relatively poor compared to the wealth of Peru , could the colonization of Chile and the construction of lasting settlements south of the Acatama Desert be postponed till , say 1650 , or even 1700 ?
Given that the Mapuche Indians of Chile took centuries to be subdued http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche, with a POD of 1530 , how far can the colonization of Chile be aborted ? Given that Chile was considered relatively poor compared to the wealth of Peru , could the colonization of Chile and the construction of lasting settlements south of the Acatama Desert be postponed till , say 1650 , or even 1700 ?