Miguel Grau

( Miguel Grau Seminario , Paita , 1834 - Punta Angamos , 1879 ) Marino and Peruvian military , naval hero of the Battle of Angamos . Son of Lieutenant Colonel Juan Manuel Grau Berrio Catalan descent , and seminar Luisa Castillo, descended from old families of the region, his childhood was spent in Piura and later at the port of Paita , when his father was appointed custom view . In 1843 , as a child , little Miguel embarked on a schooner commanded by Ramon Herrera , a close friend of his father, who made a trip to Panama Paita . Unfortunately the schooner sank and , on his return home, his mother was unwilling to consent and new shipments. Nieto joined the school in which , according to one biographer , Fernando Romero Pintado, " Miguel becomes morose. At school is always distracted, quiet , almost sullen . Hardly end of the school day and prowls holiday the beach ... " . Was eleven when Dona Luisa , his mother , agreed to re- cross the oceans . Then toured the seas and for nine years , according to historian Alberto Tauro del Pino , the young Grau " crosses seas in Asia, Europe and America in various transport and even whalers " . Upon returning to Peru , in 1853 , he settled in Lima , where he was tutored Spanish poet Velarde and studied to enter the Navy. The March 14, 1854 and became a midshipman wore the uniform of glory cover . He sailed in the vapors Rimac , Vigilante and Ucayali before being transferred to the frigate Apurimac , where he served with Lizardo Montero , another illustrious marine piurano.