Chincha Islands War - Factbites

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	WHKMLA : The Guano War, 1865-1866
		also referred to as the Peruvian-Spanish War or Chincha Islands War
		When GUANO, bird excrements which were found on uninhabited islands off the Peruvian coast, became a lucrative export product, a Spanish fleet, reacting on an incident in which Spanish citizens had been killed by Peruvians on Chilean soil, occupied the Guano-rich CHINCHA ISLANDS and blockaded Peru's main port of CALLAO (1864).
		A war hat not been declared; in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, public sentiment sided with the Peruvians; Chilean volunteers sailed off to Peru, and the authorities at the port of Valparaiso denied coal to the Spaniards, arguing that they could not supply a belligerent side.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/19cen/guanowar.html

	Postfix - Spring 2004
		Centuries before Columbus, Peru’s Inca rulers divided the Chincha Islands among the empire’s provinces and assigned certain times when guano could be harvested from them.
		The United States got into the game in 1856 with the Guano Islands Act, which allowed American citizens to claim uninhabited guano-bearing islands as sovereign U.S. territory.
		A series of mad rushes ensued as guano islands were discovered, scraped clean, and abandoned.
	www.inventionandtechnology.com /2004/04/postfix.shtml

	CHINCHA ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on CHINCHA ISLANDS
		In 1853-1854 the Chincha Islands were the chief object in a contest known as the Guano War between President Echenique and General Castilla; and in April 1864 they were seized by the Spanish rear-admiral Pinzon in order to bring the Peruvian government to apologize for its treatment of Spanish immigrants.
		CHINCHA ISLANDS, three small islands in the Pacific Ocean, about 12 m.
		CHINCHA ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on CHINCHA ISLANDS
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHINCHA_ISLANDS.htm

	MSN Encarta - Peru (country)
		In 1864 these deposits involved Peru in a war with Spain, which had seized the guano-rich Chincha Islands.
		Castilla also began exploitation of the country’s rich guano and nitrate deposits, which were highly valued as an ingredient in fertilizer.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761570790_5/Peru_(country).html

	California Naval History: The Pacific Squadron of 1861-1866
		Then they proposed to cruise down to the Chincha islands and, if their plans were successful, continue to the China Sea and Indian Ocean.
		Trouble had arisen between Peru and Spain over injuries to Spanish subjects and in retaliation Spain seized the Chincha Islands.
		The shipment East of war materiel had so depleted the supplies at Mare island and Benicia that great difficulty was encountered in furnishing the essential equipment for the protection of the West.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Pac%20Sqdn.html

	Winfield Scott Schley
		After the Civil War, in 1865, he suppressed a riot of 400 Chinese on one of the Chincha Islands.
		One member of the merchant vessel's crew, Marcus Johnson, had fallen in love with the granddaughter of the local governor and did not wish to leave because he wanted to marry her.
		Later Schley landed in La Union, San Salvador because of an insurrection and took possession of the Custom House to protect American interests.
	www.spanamwar.com /schley.htm

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