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    1856 (May 15): Cover and complete contents (with transcript) from a sailor in Coronel to Rhode Island, USA struck on arrival with "Steamship / 20" in black. Interesting contents concerning the writer's time in the Chilean Navy "I was in the Chilean Navy with Lord Cochrane in the heat of the war with Spain and I still have considerable claims on this government from that time. You must know I was taken prisoner with Captain Wicks in the ship 'Louisa' of Providence in 1820 and detained by his lordship until the Spanish were driven from Peru. I was well treated by Cochrane....I was well acquainted with Commander King and Capt. Robert Fitzroy of the English surveying expedition....".rnrnNote: Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy FRS was an English officer of the Royal Navy and a scientist. He achieved lasting fame as the Captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's famous voyage, FitzRoy's second expedition to Tierra del Fuego.
    Ausruf : 150 CHF
    Zuschlag : 360 CHF