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Nitrate Voyage Track Chart, 1914
The German "Flying P" line of merchant sailing ships made dozens of voyages from Hamburg, Germany, to the nitrate mines of Chile. Nitrates were used both for fertilizer and for gunpowder.
This chart tracks the final voyage of the German nitrate ship Potosi. When it arrived at Valparaiso, Chile, the vessel was detained for the duration of World War I. The crew disabled the ship to prevent its use by the Allies and it never sailed again. |