conservatives, fought an internecine war among themselves. General Pedro Antonio Olañeta, commander in Upper Peru, rebelled against the liberal viceroy

Los Andes vs Prueba

these circumstances, on April 22, 1820, a convoy commanded by Commodore Antonio Vacaro sailed from Callao to Guayaquil, bringing a battalion to reinforce the

First Chilean Navy Squadron

command of Rosendo Porlier, who was to replace the naval chief of Callao Antonio Vacaro. Two poorly provisioned ships of the line San Telmo (74 guns) and Alejandro

Capture of the frigate Esmeralda

Viceroy Pezuela, and the incompetence of the Commanding General of Navy Antonio Vacaro. The Spanish fleet, based in Callao, was mainly formed by the frigates

Chilean brigantine Águila (1796)

the port of destination Galápagos. The Spanish commandant of Callao, Antonio Vacaro, was informed from Paita about this new ship in his naval division,

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