Talismán (ship)

Talismán was a ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow. During the War of the Pacific (1879–1883) Talismán was one of several ships that supplied Peru with war materiel that arrived from the United States, Europe and Costa Rica to Panamá.

Léopold de Folin (Alexandre Guillaume Léopold de, Marquis de Folin, 1817–1896) was an author, oceanographer, malacologist and early founder (1871) of the collections which were to become the Musée de la mer (sea museum) in Biarritz, France