Francisco de Miranda (Caracas, 1750-Espana, 1816). Venezuela. Hijo de Sebastian de Miranda, comerciante canario, y Francisca Antonia Rodriguez, caraquena. Nacio el 28 de marzo de 1750. Estuvo involucrado en la Revolucion Francesa, la Independencia de los Estados Unidos, y de Hispanoamerica. Estudio en la Universidad de Caracas y fue uno de los hombres mas cultos de su epoca. Tenia conocimientos de matematicas y geografia y domino el frances, el ingles, el latin y el griego. En 1781 combatio junto a tropas espanolas, a favor de las fuerzas independentistas, en Pensacola (colonia inglesa en la Florida). Poco despues se fue al Reino Unido en busca de apoyo en su pretension de independizar Hispanoamerica. Tambien con ese proposito fue, en plena Revolucion Francesa (1792), a Paris. En Londres vivio con su ama de llaves, la inglesa Sarah Andrews, con quien tuvo dos hijos. En 1805 viajo a Nueva York y en 1806 marcho en una expedicion revolucionaria a Haiti. Y mas tarde se dirigio al puerto de Ocumare, en Venezuela, donde fue derrotado por los espanoles. Miranda fue arrestado el 31 de julio de 1812 por un grupo de civiles y militares, entre ellos Simon Bolivar. En 1813 fue conducido a Espana, a la carcel del arsenal de La Carraca (Andalucia). Alli murio el 14 de julio de 1816.

Este libro relata un viaje de Francisco de Miranda por Rusia. Miranda, uno de los lideres de la historia de Venezuela, traza aqui un fresco de la sociedad rusa del siglo XVIII. Con este tipo de libros se inaugura algo que casi se puede considerar un nuevo genero: el viaje en sentido inverso, la vision del mundo relatada por los nativos en el continente americano. Cabe anadir que el ciclo de textos de viaje de Miranda comprende ademas a Europa Occidental y Estados Unidos.

Francisco de Miranda, uno de los lideres de la historia de Venezuela, inaugura con este libro algo que casi se puede considerar un nuevo genero: el viaje en sentido inverso, la vision del mundo relatada por los nativos en el continente americano. Cabe anadir que el ciclo de textos de viaje de Miranda comprende a Europa Occidental, Rusia y Estados Unidos.

Este libro relata un viaje de Francisco de Miranda por Cuba y los Estados Unidos... Miranda traza aqui un fresco de la sociedad americana del siglo XVIII. Con este tipo de libros se inaugura algo que casi se puede considerar un nuevo genero: el viaje en sentido inverso, la vision del mundo relatada por los nativos del continente americano. Cabe anadir que el ciclo de textos de viaje de Miranda comprende ademas a Europa Occidental y Rusia.

Title: South American Emancipation. Documents shewing the designs which have been in progress and the exertions made by General Miranda for the South American Emancipation, during the last twenty-five years. With a portrait of Miranda, and a plan.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this collection provide cultural, statistical, commercial, chronological and geo-economic histories of Central and South America. This series also includes texts, reports, letters, and illustrated and interpretive histories of indigenous peoples, and the natural and built environments that have fascinated historians for centuries. Along with written records, the collection features transcribed oral histories and traditions spanning the range of cultures and civilisations in the southern hemisphere. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Antepara, Jose Mari a; Miranda, Francisco de; Miranda, Francisco de; 1810. x, 299 p.; 8 . 279.k.7.

Title: The History of Don Francisco de Miranda's Attempt to effect a Revolution in South America. In a series of letters ... Revised, corrected, and enlarged. To which are annexed, sketches of the life of Miranda, and geographical notices of Caraccas.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. Titles in this collection provide cultural, statistical, commercial, chronological and geo-economic histories of Central and South America. This series also includes texts, reports, letters, and illustrated and interpretive histories of indigenous peoples, and the natural and built environments that have fascinated historians for centuries. Along with written records, the collection features transcribed oral histories and traditions spanning the range of cultures and civilisations in the southern hemisphere. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Biggs, James; Miranda, Francisco de; 1809. xv, 312 p.; 8 . 1061.c.29.

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