 The British community, "La Colonia Britanica", prospered in Valparaíso between the 1820s and 1920s.Firms such as Antony Gibbs & Sons, Duncan Fox, and Williamson-Balfour Company were doing business in the town, which had become a significant trading center by 1840, with 166 British ships, out of a total of 287, anchored in its port.The British settled on Cerro Alegre (Mount Pleasant) and Cerro Concepción.