A History of the British Presence in Chile: From Bloody Mary to Charles Darwin and the Decline of British InfluenceSpringer, 26 oct 2009 - 276 páginas This book sets out to narrate the contributions to and influence on the history of Chile that British visitors and immigrants have had, not as bystanders but as key players, starting in 1554 with the English Queen 'Bloody Mary' becoming Queen of Chile, and ending with the decline of British influence following the Second World War. |
Índice
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1 Pirates Buccaneers Privateers Corsairs and Circumnavigators | 7 |
2 Explorers by Sea | 27 |
3 British Naturalists in Chile | 41 |
4 Chiles Wars | 54 |
5 Visitors and Explorers on Land | 83 |
6 British Artists in Chile | 95 |
7 British Communities in Chile | 102 |
11 Railways | 175 |
12 Education | 191 |
13 Religion | 197 |
14 Sports | 215 |
15 The Battle of Coronel | 221 |
16 The Decline of British Influence | 228 |
Family Names and Geography | 233 |
Appendices | 243 |
8 Commerce and Industry | 131 |
9 Mining | 147 |
10 Banking | 169 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
A History of the British Presence in Chile: From Bloody Mary to Charles ... W. Edmundson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2009 |
A History of the British Presence in Chile: From Bloody Mary to Charles ... William Edmundson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2011 |
A History of the British Presence in Chile: From Bloody Mary to Charles ... W. Edmundson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2009 |
Términos y frases comunes
Antofagasta Argentina arrived in Chile Banco Bank Battle Battle of Coronel Beagle became Bernardo O’Higgins boats Bolivia Britain British community called Cape Horn Captain cemetery Charles Chilean government Chiloé Chiloé Island Church circumnavigation Club coal coast Cochrane Cochrane’s command commercial Concepción consul Coquimbo Coronel Cousiño crew Darwin Drake earthquake engineer English established expedition Falklands FitzRoy foreign founded Fuegians George Gibbs immigrants independence Indians investment Iquique Isla Island Jemmy Jemmy Button John Juan King land later Latin America Lima locomotive London Lota Mackay Magellan Strait Mapuche Maria Graham mining missionary named naval nineteenth century Nitrate Nitrate Company Nitrate Railways Company nitrates industry North O’Brien oficinas Pacific Patagonia Peru port President PSNC Punta Arenas region Royal Navy sailed sailors San Martín Santiago School ship South America southern Spain Spanish started Talcahuano Tarapacá Tierra del Fuego took trade Valdivia Valparaíso Viña del Mar voyage William World Yahgan