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The 270 young people from 53 countries that make up the Ruta Quetzal BBVA arrive on Sunday July 12 at Cartagena on board Galicia to visit the hometown of Juan Fernandez, who discovered the ocean Cartagena Chilean archipelago that bears his name.
The expedition led by journalist and adventurer Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo, has this year called 'Road to Robinson Crusoe Island.
La Tierra de Juan Fernandez in Chile ', as one of the islands was the wreck that inspired the novel by Daniel Defoe.
The expedition had been invited by the City to know the main historical sites in Cartagena and along the Sunday morning, tour the Roman Theatre and museum, the Interpretation Centre of the City at the Castillo de la Concepcion, the Civil War refugees and the National Museum of Underwater Archaeology.
HOMENAJE A JUAN FERNANDEZ
Coinciding with the passage of the expedition, will inaugurate a monolith in homage to Juan Fernandez in the street that bears his name.
The monument recalls the discovery of the archipelago by the ocean Cartagena and alludes to its possible participation in the Western sailors first contact with Australia and New Zealand.
The monolith will be built on a provisional basis in the gardens situated at the confluence of streets Juan Fernandez and Jorge Juan, to final installation once completed the refurbishment of the street.
The event, to be chaired by the mayor, will take place at 11.15 pm and will feature all the young Chilean flag and the rest of the expedition.
SPAIN AND CHILE
The twenty-fourth annual Ruta Quetzal BBVA started on Tuesday in Madrid.
Wednesday will be received in audience by the Prince of Asturias in the Pardo Palace.
Visit Valencia and from there travel to Cartagena aboard Galicia then visit Malaga and Cadiz.
After a brief stop in the city of Seville, will continue their journey through the communities of Castilla y Leon and La Rioja, before returning to Madrid.
A few months later, in the second part of the program in December, the 2009 expedition will travel to Chile for the first time in its 24 editions, and there for almost three weeks, among other things, to remember the adventure of Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the castaway inspired the character of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe novelist.
Selkirk lived on a desert island since 1704, when it was abandoned by the galleon Cinque Ports, until 1709, being rescued by the Duke that led him back to Britain.
The Chilean side trip that would be an indication of the expedition, has been moved to December to avoid exposure of the expedition to Influenza A.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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