People and landscapes of the chilean Pacific ocean and southern Perú, seen by a british corsair

Authors

  • Osvaldo Silva Galdames Universidad de Chile
  • Eduardo Téllez Lúgaro Universidad de Chile, Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins,Centro de Estudios Históricos de la Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins

Abstract

We publish part of the story left by Francis Pretty, chronicler of the privateer expedition headed by Thomas Cavendish, relating to incidents and impressions that English sailors over the course of its course formed along the coast of the Kingdom of Chile and the coast of southernmost of the Viceroyalty of Peru, between January and may of 1587, in the context of the voyage of circumnavigation executed by Cavendish across the globe (1586-88). Its translation to the Spanish has been based on the version of the text composed by Pretty edited in Hakluyt’s collection (vol. IV, 1811).

Keywords:

Thomas Cavendish, Chile-Perú-1587, corsarios, circunnavegación, costas desde Magallanes hasta Arica