Ensenada de Guapilacuy (Blight of Guapilacuy) is a broad bay on the eastern shore of
Lacuy Peninsula in northern
Chiloé Island. It was formerly known as Puerto Inglés (literally English port) after the English corsair
George Shelvocke
George Shelvocke (baptised 1 April 167530 November 1742) was an English Royal Navy officer and later privateer who in 1726 wrote ''A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea'' based on his exploits. It includes an account of how his s ...
who stayed in the bay in 1719. Before that,
Hendrik Brouwer, the leader of the
Dutch expedition to Valdivia died in the bay on August 7, 1643 before reaching
Valdivia.
References
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Bays of Chile
Chiloé Archipelago
Bodies of water of Los Lagos Region