Enrique Simpson Baeza (Valparaíso, 1835–Valparaíso, May 17, 1901) was a

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officer and explorer. Simpson mapped the archipelagoes and coast of

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onboard of the corvette '' Chacabuco'' in the 1870s. Among his feats is the re-discovery of San Rafael Lake and the insight that

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provides the best access to the interior of

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from the Pacific.Simpson, E. (1874). ''Esploraciones hechas por la Corbeta Chacabuco al mando del capitán de fragata don Enrique M. Simpson en los Archipiélagos de Guaitecas, Chonos i Taitao''.

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. Imprenta Nacional. Simpson River is named after him.

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