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HMS Vanadis sailing round the World 1883–85 South America 1884 Letter Karlskrona - Antwerp - Magellan Strait - Valparaiso, Chile. Ex. Gustaf Douglas Place Date *=cancel 40 öre, 2x F33, Foreign letter rd Karlskrona* 22.1 Train -15g. to Chile (UPU’s 3 group) Apr. 1, 1881 (=UPU PKXP No 2C* 23.1 Railroad postal entrance) - Dec. 31, 1894. (Nässjö-Malmö, compartment Sweden) 39h from Malmö to Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium 26.1 German stemer Ramses, DDG Kosmos via Montevideo and Buenos Aires Valparaiso*, Chile 12.3 HMS Vanadis actual inbound route to Valparaiso, Chile and the days after the visit, with the position for each day. In Lisbon escaped three sailors in Valparaiso eight and Three other boatswains were from the same parish, Honolulu four. Of these eight in Valparaiso were at Högby (northern Öland). These were Nils August least five contracted as boatswain. A contracted Svensson Elg 27 years old and married (!), Nils Petter boatswain served on the Swedish warships and was Andersson Släthår 27 years old and married (!) and part of the Swedish allotment system. August Lagerström Stadig 23 years old. The boatswain Elis Bengtsson escaped March 14, and One boatswain were named Blomma from the parish later embarked Vanadis in Callao, Peru in April 1884. Böda (northern Öland). Escaped again in Papete, Tahiti June 1. Their fate after the escapes is not known.