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A History of the British Presence in ChilePirates, Buccaneers, Privateers, Corsairs, and Circumnavigators

A History of the British Presence in Chile: Pirates, Buccaneers, Privateers, Corsairs, and... [After the conquest of territory on the western coast of South America, from Panama down to the Magellan Strait, Spain came to regard the Pacific Ocean—better known then as the South Sea—as its own monopoly, a kind of privately owned lake. With this in mind, two Spanish viceroys were established—the one in Lima covered Chile. Britain strove to break this monopoly, both officially and unofficially, motivated by the prospects of plunder against the Spanish, often backed by the legitimacy of a state of war existing between the two countries. A secondary motive was that, from the British perspective, the land mass of Latin America acted as a barrier to the important spice trade in the east. There was no Panama Canal, no passage in the northern hemisphere, and for many years it was believed that the only sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific was through the Magellan Strait. Britain’s efforts to harass Spain in her imperial backyard and to get around this barrier brought her into continual conflict with Spain.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of the British Presence in ChilePirates, Buccaneers, Privateers, Corsairs, and Circumnavigators

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Palgrave Macmillan US
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© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
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978-1-349-38109-8
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7 –25
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10.1057/9780230101210_2
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[After the conquest of territory on the western coast of South America, from Panama down to the Magellan Strait, Spain came to regard the Pacific Ocean—better known then as the South Sea—as its own monopoly, a kind of privately owned lake. With this in mind, two Spanish viceroys were established—the one in Lima covered Chile. Britain strove to break this monopoly, both officially and unofficially, motivated by the prospects of plunder against the Spanish, often backed by the legitimacy of a state of war existing between the two countries. A secondary motive was that, from the British perspective, the land mass of Latin America acted as a barrier to the important spice trade in the east. There was no Panama Canal, no passage in the northern hemisphere, and for many years it was believed that the only sea route from the Atlantic to the Pacific was through the Magellan Strait. Britain’s efforts to harass Spain in her imperial backyard and to get around this barrier brought her into continual conflict with Spain.]

Published: Nov 18, 2015

Keywords: Panama Canal; Chilean Coast; Merchant Ship; Spanish Settlement; Truce Agreement

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