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Bolivar : the liberator of Latin America
Format:
Book
Title:
Bolivar : the liberator of Latin America
ISBN:
9781616083168
Publication:
New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2011]
Physical Description:
viii, 404 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"A Herman Graf book."
Contents:
The liberation of New Granada (modern Venezuela, Colombia, and Panama): Young Bolívar ; Madrid ; The longest empire ; Tremors ; Miranda : poseur, seducer, genius ; Revolutionary general ; The 'invasion' of Venezuela ; ¡Independencia! ; The avenger ; Up river, across mountains ; Into Venezuela ; Hell's legionnaires ; Down and out in Jamaica ; The Orinoco ; Páez ; The crossing of the Andes ; Victory at Carabobo -- The liberation of Peru (modern Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia): Towards the silver mountain ; Showdown with San Martín ; Trapped in Lima ; Lances in the mountains -- Downfall: The idealist ; The division of Colombia ; Showdown with Santander ; Ploughing the sea.
Summary:
Profiles the South American general and revolutionary who helped liberate several South American countries from Spanish domination.
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