The Valparaíso Artizan School (1857-1877)
The aim of establishing the school was to provide a specialized education for the children of Britons, Americans, and particularly...
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British and Anglo-Saxon presence in Chile during the 19th century: Valparaíso
The English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish individuals numbered over 20,000 at the peak of Valparaíso's port activity during the 19th...
The British and Chile’s Opening to the World by David Woods
Commercially, post-independence Chile opened itself to the world, and Valparaiso was its gateway. Even if, during colonial times, it was...
A Forgotten Outrage in a Forgotten War by David Woods
On May 2, 1866, The New York Times ran a nine-deck headlined story from its correspondent in Panama reporting the bombardment, a few...
Historical ties between the British Royal Navy and the Chilean Navy
In 2010 Chile celebrated 200 years of independence. On 18th September 1810 the first Junta decreed their rebellion against Spain just two...
14th - ‘The British Commonwealth Fire Company’
It was the 1950s when John Alfred Stewart Jackson, founder of The Grange School, and his great friend Captain Graham Balfour, both driven...
Did you know that the current Chilean Coat of Arms was designed by an English artist?
The current coat of arms of #Chile dates from 1834 and was designed by the English artist Charles Wood Taylor (1792–1856). It is made up...
'Nothing is Impossible' by Fiona Clouder
Traditionally, May is the ‘Mes del Mar’ – Month of the Sea in Chile. Every year, close to Chile’s Día de las Glorias Navales (Navy Day)...
Chilean Naval Day by Dr. David Pearson
This week I attended a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Admiral Lord Cochrane 10th Earl of Dundonald on Chilean Naval Day in...
Chilean Navy and Royal Navy: Past, Present and Future
From The Naval Review by Richard Kouyoumdjian Inglis By the Editor: The author, a Chilean Navy veteran and now Vice Chairman of the...
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