. ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁re capt ured ▁and ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁the ▁for tr ess ▁of ▁Verd un . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 9 ▁Brown ▁escaped ▁from ▁there ▁in ▁the ▁company ▁of ▁a ▁British ▁colon el ▁named ▁Cl utch well , ▁and ▁eventually ▁reached ▁German ▁territory . ▁ ▁Return ing ▁to ▁England , ▁he ▁ren ounced ▁his ▁mar itime ▁career ▁and ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁July ▁ 1 8 0 9 , ▁he ▁married ▁Elizabeth ▁Ch itt y ▁in ▁Kent . ▁Brown ▁left ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁for ▁the ▁Río ▁de ▁la ▁Pl ata ▁on ▁board ▁Bel mond ▁and ▁set ▁himself ▁up ▁as ▁a ▁merchant ▁in ▁Monte video , ▁Uruguay . ▁ ▁Im m igration ▁to ▁Argentina ▁ ▁Brown ▁became ▁part - owner ▁of ▁a ▁ship ▁called ▁El iza , ▁trad ing ▁between ▁Monte video ▁and ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁When ▁El iza ▁met ▁with ▁dis aster ▁and ▁ran ▁a ground , ▁Brown ▁carried ▁his ▁cargo ▁in land ▁and ▁having ▁dis posed ▁of ▁it ▁profit ably , ▁he ▁next ▁crossed ▁the ▁And es ▁to ▁Chile . ▁He ▁had ▁by ▁now ▁accum ulated ▁sufficient ▁capital ▁to ▁enable ▁him ▁to ▁purchase ▁a ▁sch oon er ▁called ▁Indust ria ▁( Span ish ▁for ▁" Ind ust ry ") ▁with ▁which ▁he ▁opened ▁a ▁regular ▁sail ing - pack et ▁service ▁between ▁Uruguay ▁and ▁Argentina , ▁the ▁first ▁such ▁vent ure ▁in ▁South ▁America . ▁Then , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁colonial ▁government ▁stepped ▁in ▁sens ing ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁its ▁merc ant ile ▁interests . ▁ ▁War