Chile, A Brief Naval History (2001) By Carlos Lopez
 
This document is part of the Historical Text Archive. The document is a narrative chronological history of the history of Chile from a maritime and naval perspective and is divided into five chapters. The narrative begins with the various pre-historic `Indian' tribes of Chile, and their relationship with the sea, then moves on to the conquest by Spain, including a section on the movements of English and Dutch pirates along the coast, such as Francis Drake. There are details of the further exploration of Chile, moving on to the fight for independence from Spain, with details of the involvement of Lord Thomas Cochrane, a Royal Navy officer. The history continues through the relations with Peru, the 1891 civil war, the mutiny in 1931, to the present day and the development of the modern navy. There is a detailed bibliography in a separate section.
 
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