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Javier
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posted 5/11/04 7:43 PM
Dear Al,Thank you very much for your posting and your US Navy link.I'm very, very sorry not to have replied before, but I'm in the process of creating my own company (in the meantime I must keep working, of course).I include as PS part of my reply to an American who requested me info about Captain Silas Duncan.he is indeed the hero of the 1812 war you mention.Very Best Regards,Javier--------------------------------------PS Thank you very much for your kind interest on Captain Duncan's attack toMalvinas (Falklands) Islands.I include some bibliography about the matter, mostly in Spanish but some in English too. I also attached related ones, as your countryman David Jewet'sbiography (he was commissioned as an Officer of our Navy and took possession of the islands on our behalf) and a short account of the attack carried out by USS Lexington to the Malvinas, based on Argentinean and US sources. Regarding "maps, images such as echings, lithographs, drawings, paintings; related to this event, of and or including participants, ships, place involved", I mention you some of them and whom you should address to obtain a copy and authorisation to publish them.I hope this information will be useful for you, though I’m afraid that the whole incident of Malvinas doesn’t trough any favourable light over Captain Duncan’s behaviour. Anyway, what happened, happened. Unhappy things have been done by brave men and by each and every country in this world of us and your country (like mine) and its heroes is no exception to that rule. I’ve tried to visit the US Duncan site (http: // www. ussduncan. Org / users / visaliakid / Duncan2 / index. htm ) without success. Is the address correct? Regarding your 1812 war against Britain, I’m afraid I know only the master lines of it. May be you could find interesting an article in the National Geographic Magazine dated March 1983 ( “Ghost Ships of the War of 1812”) about schooners “Hamilton” and “Scourge”, both sunk by a sudden squall on Lake Ontario. Please, don’t hesitate to contact me should you need any other information or should you think I could be of any help.Sincerely YoursJavier PS: I think that to use “Falklands/Malvinas” instead of “Falklands” in any correspondence with Argentine institutions will induce people to feel more co-operative. It would look like you have a “neutral” stand in the islands dispute. The islands are very dear to Argentineans hearts. Addendum I :BIBILIOGRAPHY· Julius Goebel Jr , "The Struggle for the Falkland Islands", YaleUniversity Press, New Haven, London, 1927. There is a Spanishversion dated in Bs As, 1950.· Lieutenant Commander (US Navy) Alexander G Monroe: "Commander Silas Duncan and the Falkland Islands Affair", published in "The Log of Mystic Seaport" (fall 1973).· “Washington Post” Newspaper, dated 10th December 1872. (Note: my source in Spanish names “...el periódico ‘Post’ de Washington”; I suppose it refers to the Washington Post) · Governor Vernet: “Informe del Comandante Poliítico y Militar de las Islas Malvinas” dated 1st August 1832 and included in the “Diario de Sesiones de la Honorable Junta de Representantes de la Provincia de Buenos Aires “ (Province of Buenos Aires’s Legislature Session Diary), Session 279 – 17th October 1832.· "Colección de documentos relativos a la historia de las Malvinas. Compilado bajo la dirección de Ricardo Caillet Bois, Bs As, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 1961" (Collection of Documents regarding the Malvinas Islands History. Compiled under the direction of Ricardo Caillet Bois, Bs As, Philosophy and Letters Faculty, Buenos Aires University, 1961).· "Historia Marítima Argentina" (Argentinean Maritime History, 10 volumes, Bs As 1981 – ISSN 950-9257-00-1; the volume you need is Vol. VII ISSN 950-9257-07-9).· Ernesto Fitte: "La agresión americana a las islas Malvinas" (The USAggression to the Malvinas Islands), Bs As, 1966.· José Torre Revelo: "Como EEUU provocó la usurpación inglesa" (How the USA provoked the English Usurpation), Bs As, Galerna,1979. · Ricardo Caillet Bois: "Una tierra argentina: las Islas Malvinas" (AnArgentinean land, the Malvinas Islands), Bs As, Peuser 1952· Jose Antonio Da Fonseca Figueira: "David Jewet, una biografía para lahistoria de las Malvinas" (David Jewet, a biography for the IslasMalvinas History).· Antonio Montarce Lastra: "Redención de la soberanía; las Malvinas y el diario de Doña María Sáez de Vernet" (Sovereignty Redemption: Doña María Sáez de Vernet's Diary), Bs As, Padilla, 1946. · Mario D. Texler: "Expedición de David Jewet a las Islas Malvinas 1820-1821" (David Jewet's Expedition to the Malvinas Islands 1820-1821), Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fé, 1968.Addendum IIMAPS, IMAGES, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS ETC AND WHERE TO FIND THEM· Governor Luis Vernet: “Plano Geografico de la Isla Oriental de Malvinas”, carried out in 1826 / 28; it includes a croquis of Puerto Luis (or Soledad), D.E.H.N (Dirección de Estudios Históricos Navales)· The “Comandancia de las Islas Malvinas” Seal (1829-1833) used by Governor Luis Vernet. Museo Histórico Nacional (National Historic Museum)· Partial view of Puerto Luis and Vernet’s House in 1829. Painting by Luis Vernet. Photographic Archives – D.E.H.N.· Croquis of Puerto Soledad, circa 1830. Drawing by R Sundblad. D.E.H.N.· “A View of Port Louis” by R Sundblad. D.E.H.N.· Portrait of Luis Vernet D.E.H.N.· Portrait of María Sáez de Vernet. Photographic Archives – D.E.H.N.The D.E.H.N. has an ample collection of Malvinas/Malouins/Falklands Islands Nautical Charts of those times. You can also look for them at the Museo Histórico Nacional, the Biblioteca Nacional (Argentinean National Library) and the Biblioteca del Congreso (Argentinean Congress Library). The same institutions should have plenty of your requested data. Both libraries have several millions books each to be consulted, as well as newspapers and chart collections, etc. May be you can find something at the Museo Naval de la Nación (Argentinean Naval Museum), though I think it is not too probable. You could also consult the Archivo General de la Nación (National Archives), but the documentation you can find there is surely compiled in the above listed "Colección de documentos relativos a la historia de las Malvinas. Compilado bajo la dirección de Ricardo Caillet Bois, Bs As, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, 1961".Addressesü Biblioteca Nacional Agüero 2502 – CP 1425Ciudad de Buenos AiresREPÚBLICA ARGENTINAhttp: // www.bibnal.edu.arü Biblioteca del Congreso Alsina 1835 – CP 1090Ciudad de Buenos AiresREPÚBLICA ARGENTINAhttp: //www.bcnbib.gov.are-mail: congreso@bcbib.gov.arü Museo Histórico NacionalDefensa 1600 – CP 1143Ciudad de Buenos AiresREPÚBLICA ARGENTINATel-Fax 4307-4457 / 4307-1182Remarks: No web page. I phoned them and they told me you can fax them in English too.ü D.E.H.NAlmirante Brown 401 (Casa Amarilla) – CP 1155Ciudad de Buenos AiresREPÚBLICA ARGENTINATel/Fax 4362-1130 and 4362-1248.Remarks: no web page. I phoned them and they told me you can phone them till 14:00 LT (GMT – 03:00) and ask them for Fax tone or from that time on directly fax them. You can do it either in Spanish or English. They seem to be very co-operative and they are the more specialised institution in sea history in Argentina (D.E.H.N. stands for “Naval History Studies Department” and are a dependency to the Argentinean Navy).ü Museo Naval de la NaciónP. Victoria 602 – CP 1648Tigre – Provincia de Buenos Aires REPÚBLICA ARGENTINATel: 4749-0608Remarks: they have no fax.
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