Career
He moved to Chile as Captain of the Curiacio where he arrived in June 22, 1819 and became an important part of that country"s First Chilean Navy Squadron. Paul Delano was commissioned as a captain and commanded sixteen troop transports of the Freedom Expedition of Perú and later he commanded the Lautaro. In 1822 he became Captain of the port of Valparaíso where he directed the building of the first wharf and the first lighthouse of the port in 1837.