Claim: Ramón Lista participated in an expedition to Patagonia (a sparsely populated region at the southern end of South America) where he traveled up the Chico River to the Cordillera of the Andes and claimed the land for Argentina.
Evidence: In mid-August he set off for the north, passed the Santa Cruz valley and explored the Chico River, the main object of the expedition. He traveled up the river to the foot of the Cordillera of the Andes, and claimed the land for Argentina. The Scientific Society sponsored an expedition to Patagonia to explore the region between Punta Arenas and Santa Cruz. In March 1878 Lista landed at Punta Arenas in the Strait of Magellan, where he made a careful examination of the mines. Patagonia (Spanish pronunciation: [pataˈɣonja) is a sparsely populated region at the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.