Peru – My Waters Family

From Thomas Waters Jr. to his parents, Elizabeth Waters and Thomas Waters Sr. (May 6, 1860)

May 6, 1860Letters

[Thomas Waters to his parents] [original: envelope missing] Ship "Bethiah Jewett" Chinchas [Chincha Islands] May 6th 1860 Dear Father & Mother I am still at the Chinchas but expect to…

Guano Chute at Chinchera Islands

May 23, 2023Photographs, Source Documents

A guano chute or “manguera” on the Chincha Islands. Guano loaded by hand from indentured workers on the islands would be sent down the chute into the holds of waiting…

Thomas Waters Jr.’s Final Voyage – The Route from the Guañape Islands to the Islas Hormigas del Afuera

May 23, 2023Source Documents

The location of the Guañape Islands in relation to the Peruvian coastline. The distance between the Guañape Islands and the Port of Callao is 240 nautical miles. The rocks just…