Welsh Emigration to Patagonia
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Patagonian remembers the hard trip over from Wales on the Mimosa.
Daniel Evans from Patagonia in 1900 meets another Daniel Evans - a young time traveller from our time. The Patagonian tells of the hard trip over the Atlantic Ocean on the Mimosa and of their struggles to start a new Welsh colony in South America.
From:
Welsh History:Famous People Betsy Cadwaladr and Daniel Evans
First broadcast
:
10 October 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 5-7
Subject : History
Topic : Emigration, Victorians
Keywords : Patagonia, Cymru Newydd,
Notes : The clip can be used to study Welsh emigration and to look at the development of the new colony in Patagonia. Why did the Welsh need to travel to Patagonia? What difficulties did they face there? Where else did they emigrate to?
