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Britain and Chile, 1851-1886: Anatomy of a Relationship

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Mayo
John Mayo*
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, W.I.
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In 1880, the famous Chilean politician and historian, Benjamin Vicuña Mackenna, wrote:

There does not exist in the whole globe a country whose prosperity or adversity has a more direct influence as regards Chile than that which affects the welfare of the vast empire of Great Britain, the modern Rome [Chilean Times, 1880].

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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 95 - 120
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Copyright © University of Miami 1981

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