The Colonial Despatches: Valparaiso

Valparaiso

Valparaiso is the capital of Chile. This port city is mentioned throughout the Despatches, especially as it was a way point for many ships headed up the coast to Vancouver Island.

In 1865, The Royal Navy established Esquimalt as an alternative station to Valparaiso for its Pacific Fleet, and the former became more strategically necessary, largely, in answer to US and Russian expansionism.1

1. History of Naden at CFB Esquimalt, CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum.

Mentions of this place in the documents

Seymour, Governor Frederick to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 10 April 1869, CO 60:35, no. 6111, 472.
Osborne, Ralph to Merivale, Herman 8 March 1853, CO 305:4, no. 3079, 115.
Richards, Charles to Carnarvon, Earl 5 April 1859, CO 60:5, no. 3695, 326.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 3 March 1864, CO 305:22, no. 4050, 43.
Ley, J. H. to Anonymous 16 August 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1607, 293.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 25 April 1859, CO 60:4, no. 5891, 322.
Briggs, J. H. to Monsell, William 26 January 1869, CO 60:37, no. 904, 8.
FitzGerald, James Edward to Merivale, Herman 14 February 1848, CO 305:1, no. 343, 501.
Romaine, William Govett to Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford Chichester 3 February 1863, CO 60:17, no. 1181, 3.
The Colonial Despatches: Seymour Narrows
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 27 December 1858, CO 60:1, no. 2135, 534.
Parker, John to Peel, Sir Frederick 28 November 1851, CO 305:3, no. 10075, 215.
Douglas, Sir James to Russell, Lord John 13 September 1855, CO 305:6, no. 10886, 136.
Ley, J. H. to Anonymous 14 August 1848, CO 305:1, no. 1589, 289.
The Colonial Despatches: Esquimalt
Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 26 October 1854, CO 305:5, no. 1917, 122.
The Colonial Despatches: Baynes, Rear Admiral Robert Lambert
Douglas, Sir James to Russell, Lord John 13 June 1855, CO 305:6, no. 7548, 76.
Douglas, Sir James to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 13 May 1855, CO 305:6, no. 6876, 47.
Pelly, Sir John Henry to Grey, Right Honorable, Second Baronet, Sir George 24 February 1848, CO 305:1, 135.
The Colonial Despatches: Maitland, Rear Admiral Sir Thomas
The Colonial Despatches: Gordon, Commander George Thomas
Hamilton, George Alexander to Merivale, Herman 25 May 1852, CO 305:3, no. 4770, 254.
Colvile, Andrew Wedderburn to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 24 March 1853, CO 305:4, no. 3701, 257.
Douglas, Sir James to Lytton, Sir Edward George Earle Bulwer 3 November 1858, CO 60:1, no. 529, 338.
Leveson-Gower, Granville George to Seymour, Governor Frederick 3 February 1869, NAC :, 37.
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 28 July 1853, CO 305:4, no. 9499, 73.

Places in this document

Esquimalt

Vancouver Island

The Colonial Despatches Team. Valparaiso. The Colonial Despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871, Edition 2.0, ed. The Colonial Despatches Team. Victoria, B.C.: University of Victoria. https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/valparaiso.html.

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The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871

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