Francisco Pascacio Moreno was an Argentine explorer, born in Buenos Aires. He is usually referred to as "el Perito Moreno" ("perito" means "specialist, expert"). In 1872 Moreno began a series of exploring expeditions that made him well known. In January 1876, he explored Lake Nahuel-Huapi, in the southern Andes, and discovered, on February 14, 1877, Lake San Martin. Wikipedia
Photographs of Argentina include this statue of Francisco Pascasio Moreno, nicknamed Perito, who gave the Argentine nation the land that became Nahuel Napi National Park and had a glacier named for him. gosouthamerica.about.com/library/blArgMoreno.htm
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