British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . which hap-pened to have on board one of the Royal Spanish pilotsof the Rio de la Plata. The appearance and speech ofthis latter were entirely Spanish, and at first he pro-fessed to understand not a word of English; but per-sistent questioning elicited the fact that there was verylittle of the real Spaniard about him, and he admitted atlength in his native tongue that he was a Scotsman of thename of Eussel, who had been residing in Buenos Aire
British exploits in South America; a history of British activities in exploration, military adventure, diplomacy, science, and trade, in Latin American . which hap-pened to have on board one of the Royal Spanish pilotsof the Rio de la Plata. The appearance and speech ofthis latter were entirely Spanish, and at first he pro-fessed to understand not a word of English; but per-sistent questioning elicited the fact that there was verylittle of the real Spaniard about him, and he admitted atlength in his native tongue that he was a Scotsman of thename of Eussel, who had been residing in Buenos Airesfor fifteen years. Eussel consented to give his servicesto the expedition, and he rendered valuable I much fear that in after life he must have regrettedthe day he fell in with the British fleet. For after thedeparture of the British army of occupation from SouthAmerica, Russel was imprisoned by the Spaniards for hisshare of the affair, and when he subsequently made hisway to England in the hope of obtaining some recom-pense he found himself disappointed in his left his native island again in a bitter frame of ^-irta^)S!rU:airti
Size: 1780px × 1404px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectsouthamericahistory
