 Kufarira kweChile mukukura muzvitsuwa zvePacific Ocean kunotangira pahutungamiri hwaJosé Joaquín Prieto 1831-1841 uye pfungwa dzaDiego Portales, uyo akafunga kuti kuwedzera kweChile muPolynesia kwaive mhedzisiro yechisikigo yemugumo wayo wegungwa. Kunyange zvakadaro, danho rokutanga rokupararira kwenyika yacho muPacific rakatanga makore gumi chete gare gare, muna 1851, apo - mukupindura kupindirwa kweAmerica muJuan Fernández Islands - hurumende yeChile yakaronga zvitsuwa zvacho nenzira yepamutemo kuva nharaunda yeValparaíso. Mugore iroro, fariro yezvemari yeChile muPacific yakamutsidzirwa pashure pokunge ngarava dzayo dzokutengesa dzakabudirira kwenguva pfupi mukusika musika wokutsinhanisa zvinhu zvokurima uyo wakabatanidza chiteshi chengarava cheCalifornia cheSan Francisco neAustralia. Pakazosvika 1861, Chile yakanga yaumba bhizimisi rinobhadhara mhiri kwePacific, mari yayo yenyika yaitenderera zvikuru muPolynesia yose uye vatengesi vayo vaitengesa mumisika yeTahiti, New Zealand, Tasmania, Shanghai; nhaurirano dzakaitwawo neSpain Philippines, uye kurwisana kunonzi kwakaitika pakati pevacheri vemahove veChilean neAmerica muGungwa reJapan. Nguva iyi yakaguma semugumisiro wekuparadzwa kwezvikepe zvekutengesa zveChileannemauto eSpanish muna 1866, mukati meHondo yeChincha Islands. 