Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies
Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Latin American Studies)
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8962700M
- ISBN-139781846310447
- ISBN-10184631044X
- OCLC Control Number85353882
- OCLC Control Numberadventuringthrou00brow
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2007405874
- LibraryThing8116597
- Goodreads1342854
Classifications
- LCC
Description
"Between 1810 and 1825, nearly 7,000 British and Irish mercenaries sailed to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simon Bolivar. Their motives were mixed. Some travelled for money, others travelled for honour. Adventuring through Spanish Colonics explores the lives of these men - their encounters with other soldiers, indigenous people, local women and slaves - as recounted in documents that fall outside the usual remit of military, political and economic history. Matthew Brown considers the social and cultural aspects of the presence of these 'foreigners', and shows how they were an essential part of the revolution which eventually gave South America its freedom. Using archival research from England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, Adventuring through Spanish Colonies clearly shows the active role that these mercenaries, informal outriders of the British Empire, played in the creation of Latin America as we know it today."--book jacket.
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- Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies: Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations (Liverpool University Press - Liverpool Latin American Studies)
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