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Fuego

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Fuego 

an active volcano in Central America, in southern Guatemala, near Guatemala’s old capital, Antigua. Fuego, which is 3,763 m high, last erupted in 1973–75.
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It was Terra del Fuego, which the first navigators named thus from seeing the quantity of smoke that rose from the natives' huts.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The object of the expedition was to complete the survey of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, commenced under Captain King in 1826 to 1830, -- to survey the shores of Chile, Peru, and of some islands in the Pacific -- and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
South America is a place I love, and I think, if you take it right through from Darien to Fuego, it's the grandest, richest, most wonderful bit of earth upon this planet.
The Lost World by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
 
 
 
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