Chilean corvette Chacabuco (1866) explained
The Chilean corvette
Chacabuco was a late 19th-century ship of the
Chilean Navy. Commanded by
Enrique Simpson in the early 1870s, the ship participated in the exploration of the fjords and archipelagoes of
Aysén Region in northern Patagonia.
[1] These travels led to the re-discovery of
San Rafael Lake and the establishment of
Aysén Fjord as the principal access to the inland of Aysén Region.
[1] In 1876
Chacabuco transported governor of
Magallanes Diego Dublé Almeyda to the
Falkland Islands bringing back sheep, thus initiating the
Patagonian sheep farming boom of the late 19th century.
[2] From 1879 onwards the corvette fought in the
War of the Pacific.
Puerto Chacabuco in
Aysén Fjord is named after the ship.
Notes and References
- Simpson, E. (1874). Esploraciones hechas por la Corbeta Chacabuco al mando del capitán de fragata don Enrique M. Simpson en los Archipiélagos de Guaitecas, Chonos i Taitao. Santiago. Imprenta Nacional.
- Martinic Beros . Mateo . 2002 . es . Mateo Martinic . La participación de capitales británicos en el desarrollo económico del territorio de Magallanes (1880-1920) . . 35 . 299–321 . 25 December 2013.
