Cultural Colonialism in Maria Graham's "Journal of a Residence in Chile during the year 1822"
Big thank you to Isabelle Burrows for letting us to publish her article here. https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/ © National Portrait...
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George Henry Slight
George Henry Slight, born on 30 September 1859 and passing away on 26 June 1934, was a Scottish engineer credited with establishing the...
Anglo-Chilean friendship
By Philip D. Somervell An eminent English naval publicist wrote, at the end of the last century: "England has been called the Mother of...
The Grange School
INTRODUCTION The Grange School was founded as an English school in Chile, initially adhering to the educational system of the country....
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...
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...
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