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A History of the British Presence in ChileVisitors and Explorers on Land

A History of the British Presence in Chile: Visitors and Explorers on Land [Arguably, the first British travel-writer on Chile was Thomas Falkner. He was born in Manchester in 1707 and studied at Manchester Grammar School before going on to become a surgeon. His health proved to be delicate, and his doctors recommended that he take a sea voyage. This led to his taking a position as a surgeon on board a slave ship that arrived in Buenos Aires in 1731. Once arriving there, Falkner became seriously ill. The Jesuits there nursed him back to health, and he was so overcome by this experience that he converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of the British Presence in ChileVisitors and Explorers on Land

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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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83 –94
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10.1057/9780230101210_6
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[Arguably, the first British travel-writer on Chile was Thomas Falkner. He was born in Manchester in 1707 and studied at Manchester Grammar School before going on to become a surgeon. His health proved to be delicate, and his doctors recommended that he take a sea voyage. This led to his taking a position as a surgeon on board a slave ship that arrived in Buenos Aires in 1731. Once arriving there, Falkner became seriously ill. The Jesuits there nursed him back to health, and he was so overcome by this experience that he converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit.]

Published: Nov 18, 2015

Keywords: Mountain Building; Good Humour; British Community; Slave Ship; Naval Officer

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