South America
- Argentina - Justo José de Urquiza, President of the Argentine Confederation (1854–1860)
- Buenos Aires State - Pastor Obligado, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1853–1858)
- Brazil - Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil (1831–1889)
- Uruguay - Gabriel Antonio Pereira, President of Uruguay (1856–1860)
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“The Great South Beach of Long Island,... though wild and desolate, as it wants the bold bank,... possesses but half the grandeur of Cape Cod in my eyes, nor is the imagination contented with its southern aspect.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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