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Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies - Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations (Paperback, annotated edition)
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Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies - Simon Bolivar, Foreign Mercenaries and the Birth of New Nations (Paperback, annotated edition)
Series: Liverpool Latin American Studies, 8
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Between 1810 and 1825, seven thousand British, Scottish, and Irish
mercenaries traveled to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish
colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simon Bolivar.
Their motives were mixed. Some traveled for money, others for
honor. "Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies "explores the lives of
these men--their encounters with other soldiers, indigenous people,
local women, and slaves--as recounted in adventure stories,
military histories, and British imperial history. As Matthew Brown
illustrates, the history of Britain and its colonial subjects can
no longer be easily defined. The colonists were themselves
adventurers, penetrating Latin America beyond the formal boundaries
of the empire during the early nineteenth century, and even (as
these narratives show) fighting for its independence.
As Brown demonstrates, these "foreigners" were an essential part of
the revolution that eventually gave Spain's colonies their freedom.
Using archival research from England, Scotland, Ireland, Spain,
Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia, "Adventuring Through Spanish
Colonies" clearly shows the active role these mercenaries played in
the creation of Latin America as we know it today.
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