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Manuel Blanco Encalada
Manuel Jose Blanco y Calvo de Encalada was a Vice-Admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (Provisional)(1826).
Blanco Encalada, the son of Manuel Lorenzo Blanco Ciceron and of Mercedes Calvo de Encalada y Recabarren (a Spanish father and a Chilean mother). He was trained for the navy in Spain. Later, during the Chilean War of Independence, he joined the Chilean forces, where he served with distinction under Lord Thomas Cochrane and rose to rank of Vice-Admiral and commander of the Chilean forces in (1825), where he participated in the capture of Chiloe. The following year, ...
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