http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/06/run-out-of-town-on-an-ass/ History with all the interesting bits left in Fri, 17 May 2013 17:51:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/06/run-out-of-town-on-an-ass/#comment-2236 d k lloyd Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:09:53 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=6147#comment-2236 Quite fascinating. Col Lloyd was my great great great grandfather. This was a tale that was new to me. Quite fascinating. Col Lloyd was my great great great grandfather. This was a tale that was new to me.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/06/run-out-of-town-on-an-ass/#comment-1809 Mike Dash Tue, 19 Jun 2012 17:49:10 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=6147#comment-1809 We did notice that. Blame Wikicommons! We did notice that. Blame Wikicommons!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/06/run-out-of-town-on-an-ass/#comment-1808 Dick Chase Mon, 18 Jun 2012 19:09:23 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=6147#comment-1808 There's a slight problem with your map graphic. The ocean bordering Peru, Bolivia and Chile is labeled as the South Atlantic. It should be the South Pacific. There’s a slight problem with your map graphic. The ocean bordering Peru, Bolivia and Chile is labeled as the South Atlantic. It should be the South Pacific.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2012/06/run-out-of-town-on-an-ass/#comment-1776 Liz Soria Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:17:35 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/?p=6147#comment-1776 In my copy of Historia de Bolivia by Jose de Mesa et al, it is recounted that Lloyd made a discourteous claim related to the detention of an American citizen for violating the rules prohibiting free trade for foreigners. By gratuitously defending the American, he offended Bolivian norms. The government responded angrily. Lloyd, waiting for instructions from Great Britain, left Bolivia for Tacna but not without first taking his leave from President Belzu. In my copy of Historia de Bolivia by Jose de Mesa et al, it is recounted that Lloyd made a discourteous claim related to the detention of an American citizen for violating the rules prohibiting free trade for foreigners. By gratuitously defending the American, he offended Bolivian norms. The government responded angrily. Lloyd, waiting for instructions from Great Britain, left Bolivia for Tacna but not without first taking his leave from President Belzu.

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