The Royal Navy and the Peruvian-Chilean War 1879–1881


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This beautifully presented book captures the spirit of a little known war where the Royal Navy played a peripheral but crucial role. The power of the British Empire was at its height, thanks to the reach of the Royal Navy and officers from that service who often found themselves far from home and in positions of power way beyond their rank.




The War Between Peru and Chile


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1896.







The War Between Peru and Chile, 1879-1882


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.




Andean Tragedy


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The year 1879 marked the beginning of one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts of nineteenth-century Latin America. The War of the Pacific pitted Peru and Bolivia against Chile in a struggle initiated over a festering border dispute. The conflict saw Chile's and Peru's armored warships vying for control of sea lanes and included one of the first examples of the use of naval torpedoes.