(AC-S04) Week 04 - Task Assignment - A Trip To The Past
(AC-S04) Week 04 - Task Assignment - A Trip To The Past
Members
Cruz Rivera, Norma Cielito
Olaechea Zúñiga, Percy Robert
Today we will be talking about an important character in the history of Peru. We will talk
about Miguel Grau Seminario, he is also known as "The Knight of the Seas". He was a
military sailor, from a very young age he was very passionate about the sea and
developed a very brilliant military career. Miguel Grau was born on July 27, 1834 in
Paita. He commanded the national squad during the Naval Campaign of the War
against Chile. He fought on board the monitor "Huáscar" in several combats, among
the most important are those carried out in Iquique and Angamos. His name is due to
actions such as ordering the rescue of the castaways from the Esmeralda, an enemy
ship that he had just sunk. Miguel Grau died in the battle of Angamos, on October 8,
1879, in which after a fight in inequality, showing courage and courage, he fought to
the end.