I just joined this list the day before yesterday and look forward to learning many things about sail8ing and sailors. I already have a question Could someone please tell me where the River Platte Route was? I have four generations of Sea Captains (all in the same family and all having the same name) that sailed out of Liverpool from 1780's to 1880's and several of the ships, when sailing to South America (Brazil and Argentina) also included the River Platte Route but when I googled it all I got was the Platte River in Middle USA. Michelle Vermont USA

Hi Michelle, This was probably an archaic spelling of the River Plate to Montevideo and Buenos Aires. regards Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Wilson" <micpaint.wilson@gmail.com> To: <Mariners-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 8:11 PM Subject: [MAR] River Platte Route > > I just joined this list the day before yesterday and look forward to > learning many things about sail8ing and sailors. I already have a > question > > Could someone please tell me where the River Platte Route was? I have > four > generations of Sea Captains (all in the same family and all having the > same > name) that sailed out of Liverpool from 1780's to 1880's and several of > the > ships, when sailing to South America (Brazil and Argentina) also included > the River Platte Route but when I googled it all I got was the Platte > River > in Middle USA. > > Michelle > Vermont USA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3585 - Release Date: 04/20/11 06:34:00