Quimper received the military honor of La Cruz de San Hermenegildo in 1820. Quimper also began to receive recognition for his literary talent. In 1821 Imprenta Alvarez published his 180-page manuscript of Décima poetry entitled Laicas vivacidades de Quimper, antorcha peruana, acaecimientos del Perú en civiles guerras, promovidas por el Reino de Buenos-Ayres, desde el año 1809 hasta el de 1818, describing his personal observations of the civil wars in Peru from 1809 to 1818. Still showing regret over the loss of the documents which had been destroyed at Puno, at the end of 1821 he solicited the endorsement of José de Bustamante, the director-general of the National Armada, for the publication of a recounting of his experiences aboard the Atrevida in Manila Bay thirty years earlier. He apparently received no support from Bustamante. Nevertheless, in 1822 Quimper published in Madrid his book Islas Sandwich: Descripción sucinta de este archipiélago, which had been previously published in El Mercurio Peruano. In the "Introducción" to this book he attempted to explain himself and his return to Spain, citing his naval service to Spain since adolescence, and the fact that he had been treated as an American in Spain, and as a Spaniard in Peru. Return to Peru Quimper longed to return to his native land of Peru and in February 1822 took steps to assure sympathetic treatment there upon his return. He returned shortly thereafter and is reported to have become a Peruvian "Patriot" in 1823. The government of the Republic of Peru named him a naval commander in 1827 and later a captain. He continued his literary pursuits and wrote the poem Poema raro, segments of which were published in La Gazeta de Lima. He died in Lima in April 1844. See also Juan Carrasco (explorer) References Beerman, Eric, "Manuel Quimper: Un marino limeño en la costa oeste del Canadá", Derroteros de la Mar del Sur, Number 4; retrieved 22 August 2006. "Olympic National Park – Elwha Valley: Native Americans: S'Klallam or Klallam", Wilderness Technology Alliance; retrieved 31 August 2006. "Quimper, Manuel", B.C. Bookworld; retrieved 21 August 2006. "Quimper Park", Sooke Region Museum & Visitor Centre; retrieved 21 August 2006. "Spanish Cross", Coastal History, Metchosin School Museum; retrieved 21 August 2006. 1750s births 1844 deaths People from Lima Peruvian people of French descent 19th-century Peruvian poets Peruvian male poets Peruvian people of Spanish descent Spanish cartographers Spanish history in the Pacific