. . . . . . "English expedition to Valdivia"@en . . "7868"^^ . "Expedici\u00F3n de John Narborough a Chile"@es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "By the late 1660s, the English rulers had considered invading Spanish-ruled Chile for several years. In 1655 Sim\u00F3n de Casseres proposed to Oliver Cromwell a plan to take over Chile with only four ships and thousand men."@en . "La expedici\u00F3n de John Narborough a Chile en 1670 fue una incursi\u00F3n inglesa a la regi\u00F3n austral de Am\u00E9rica del Sur con el objetivo de realizar observaciones y sondeos que preparasen el comercio de mercanc\u00EDas inglesas en las colonias espa\u00F1olas de la costa oeste del continente. La misi\u00F3n con 2 naves fue encomendada al, posteriormente almirante, John Narborough, quien debi\u00F3 retornar a Inglaterra tras su arribo al puerto de Valdivia donde se le neg\u00F3 provisiones y ayuda si no pon\u00EDa su nave al alcance de los ca\u00F1ones de las fortalezas de Valdivia."@es . . . . . . "By the late 1660s, the English rulers had considered invading Spanish-ruled Chile for several years. In 1655 Sim\u00F3n de Casseres proposed to Oliver Cromwell a plan to take over Chile with only four ships and thousand men. After the Anglo-Spanish War of 1662\u20131668 John Narborough was chosen to conduct a secretive voyage in the South Seas. He set sail from Deptford on 26 September 1669, and entered the Straits of Magellan in October of the following year. In 1670 he visited Port Desire in eastern Patagonia and claimed the territory for England. Having made landings at various points the expedition finally arrived to the heavily fortified Corral Bay on late December 1670. There the expedition established contact with the Spanish garrison whose commanders were highly suspicious of Narborough's intentions despite England being at peace with Spain. The Spanish demanded and received four English hostages in exchange for allowing Narborough's ship into the bay. Despite claiming to be in distress and in need of provisions the Spanish refused to give provisions given that the crews seemed to be in healthy condition and Narborough's true intentions being unclear to them. Narborough then unexpectedly made the decision to leave, and his ship departed Corral Bay on 31 December. The four English hostages and a man known as were left behind and ended up in the prisons of Lima where they were subject to lengthy interrogations, as the Spanish struggled to find out the goal of Narborough's expedition. Narborough returned home in June 1671 without achieving his original purpose. A narrative of the expedition was published at London in 1694 under the title An Account of several late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North."@en . . . . . . . "La expedici\u00F3n de John Narborough a Chile en 1670 fue una incursi\u00F3n inglesa a la regi\u00F3n austral de Am\u00E9rica del Sur con el objetivo de realizar observaciones y sondeos que preparasen el comercio de mercanc\u00EDas inglesas en las colonias espa\u00F1olas de la costa oeste del continente. La misi\u00F3n con 2 naves fue encomendada al, posteriormente almirante, John Narborough, quien debi\u00F3 retornar a Inglaterra tras su arribo al puerto de Valdivia donde se le neg\u00F3 provisiones y ayuda si no pon\u00EDa su nave al alcance de los ca\u00F1ones de las fortalezas de Valdivia."@es . . . . . . . . . "69916924"^^ . "1096299590"^^ . . .