The winning nation of this war demanded the Tarapacá province at the Lackawanna Conference.
The winning nation of this war demanded the Tarapacá province at the Lackawanna Conference. Andrés Cáceres (SUH-sair-ays) led a guerilla campaign during this war, which saw Miguel Grau sink the Esmerelda at the Battle of Iquique (ee-KEE-ke) before his ship, the (*) Huascar (WAHS-kahr), was captured at Angamos. Ended after the Battles of Tacna and Arica led to the Treaty of Ancón (ahn-SOHN), it was fought over control of the Atacama after a small tax was imposed on nitrate mining. For 10 points, name this war of the 1880s in which Chile's defeat of Peru and Bolivia resulted in Bolivia losing its entire coastline on the namesake ocean.
The winning nation of this war demanded the Tarapacá province at the Lackawanna Conference.
War of the {Pacific} [or {Guerra del Pácifico}; or {Saltpeter} War; do not accept or prompt {Pacific}