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Gustavo Giró Tapper
Gustavo Adolfo Giró Tapper (Córdoba, Argentina, Córdoba March 22, 1931 - January 11, 2004 Ushuaia) was an Argentine military explorer who participated in the foundation of the first :es:Anexo:Bases antárticas de Argentina, Antarctic bases. Training Gustavo Giró Tapper completed his primary and secondary studies in his hometown. Carried by his vocation, he entered the Military College of the Nation, from where he graduated as an Infantry Second Lieutenant in December 1953. Later he completed his knowledge and training by taking courses in Parachuting, skydiving, meteorology, gravimetry, skiing and winter survival. He was chief of three :es:Anexo:Bases antárticas de Argentina, Antarctic bases and accumulated 18,000 kilometers of Antarctic patrols. His activities include the exploration patrols that he carried out from the San Martín Base in 1958/9 and the Winter Terrestrial Expedition that he commanded in 1962 between the Esperanza Base, Esperanza and San Martín Base, San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province and the List of cities in Argentina by population, second-most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1.6 million urban inhabitants . Córdoba was founded as a settlement on 6 July 1573 by Spanish Empire, Spanish conquistador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after the Spanish city of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba. It was one of the early Spanish colonial capitals of the region of present-day Argentina (the oldest Argentine city is Santiago del Estero, founded in 1553). The National University of Córdoba, the oldest university of the country, was founded in 1613 by the Society of Jesus, Jesuit Order, and Córdoba has earned the nickname ("the learned"). Córdoba has many historical monuments preserved from the period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
