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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Grau and the second or maternal family name is Seminario.
Miguel Grau Seminario
Seminario photographed by Eugenio Courret at the time of the War of the Pacific, c. 1879-84
Birth name
Miguel María Grau Seminario
Born
(1834-07-27)27 July 1834 Paita, Department of Piura, Peru
Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was the most renowned Peruvian naval officer and hero of the naval battle of Angamos during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884). He was known as el Caballero de los Mares (Spanish for "Gentleman of the Seas") for his kind and chivalrous treatment of defeated enemies and is esteemed by both Peruvians and Chileans. He is an iconic figure for the Peruvian Navy, and one of the most famous merchant marine and naval military leaders of the Americas.[1]
^Seminario Ojeda, Miguel Arturo (2000). "GRAU SEMINARIO, Miguel". Grandes Forjadores del Perú (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Lima, Peru: LEXUS editores. pp. 194–196. ISBN 9972-625-50-8.
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