Ramón Cabieses (July 22, 1814 – December 7, 1893) was a

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an sailor. His father was the Spanish naval officer Manuel Cabieses Álvarez, and his mother was María Mercedes Alzamora Cantuarias. He graduated from the in 1838. That same year, he joined the navy in the

War of the Confederation The War of the Confederation ( es, Guerra de la Confederación) was a military confrontation waged by Chile, along with Peruvian dissidents, and the Argentine Confederation against the Peru–Bolivian Confederation between 1836 and 1839. As ...

on board the corvette ''Libertad'', which captured the ''Socabaya'', which was left under his command. After returning to Chile, he was promoted to the rank of captain. Due to his distinguished service in the

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, he received a medal from the governor of Chile. He commanded the ketch ''Magallanes'' in 1846 and the steamer ''

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'' from 1851 to 1856, which sank in one of Chile's worst marine disasters. After the sinking of the ''Cazador'', he faced a

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El Mercurio de Valparaíso ''El Mercurio de Valparaíso'' () The oldest continuously circulating periodical, published under the same name, in Spanish language. It was founded on September 12, 1827. It is based in Valparaíso, Chile. See also *''El Mercurio ''El M ...

, 28/02/1856 ''«Naufrajio de Vapor Cazador»'' to determine his responsibility in the death of more than 450 people. Public opinion at the time demanded his execution - however, thanks to his influence, his distinguished service in earlier naval campaigns, and that at the time there were few officials familiar with the coast of Chile, the

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commuted his sentence, so that he could map and study the hydrography of the dangerous coast that existed south of the Guiatecas Archipelago. His work would create one of the first hydrographic studies in naval history. Later, Cabieses was nominated to be governor of

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, and

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. He was major general of the Department of the Navy of Valparaíso, commanded diverse units in the squadron, and commanded the arsenal. During the

Chilean Civil War of 1891 The Chilean Civil War of 1891 (also known as Revolution of 1891) was a civil war in Chile fought between forces supporting Congress and forces supporting the President, José Manuel Balmaceda from 16 January 1891 to 18 September 1891. The war ...

, he served as a member of the Committee of the Chilean Navy, in the uprising that overthrew president

José Manuel Balmaceda José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández (; July 19, 1840 – September 19, 1891) served as the 10th President of Chile from September 18, 1886, to August 29, 1891. Balmaceda was part of the Castilian-Basque aristocracy in Chile. While he wa ...

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