Author: Santa-Cruz [Vargas], Vicente
Title: Defensa Del Comandante de la Esmeralda. Don Luis A. Lynch
Description: Valparaiso, Imprenta Colon, 1875. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. The trial of Luis Alfredo Lynch, captain of the Esmeralda, which he had to beach off Baron's Cove during a furious storm in Valparaiso on May 24, 1875. Lynch, was one of the most decorated and respected of Chilean naval officers and given a state funeral at his death. He was acquitted. See: Figueroa: Diccionario biográfico de Chile I: pp. 209-210. Rare. Not in Nicolas Anrique Reyes' 'Bibliografía marítima chilena.' None in OCLC or COPAC. One copy at the BN Chile. Provenance: Don Salvador Castro. Briseño, literatura chilena II: 389. A very good- copy, lightly soiled with edgeworn leaves, mail fold.

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