The Emancipation of South America

by Bartolomé MITRE (1821 - 1906)

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION part 2

The Emancipation of South America

THREE great names stand forth conspicuous in the annals of America, those of Washington, Bolívar, San Martin. Of Washington, the great leader of the Democracy of the North; of Bolívar and of San Martin, who were the emancipators of the southern half of the continent. The story of the life-work of the latter of these two is the Argument of this book.The scene of action passes on a vast theatre, a territory extending for more than fifty degrees of latitude, from Cape Horn to the Tropic of Cancer, and occupies twenty years of strife. The starting-point of this history is the Argentine revolution; it follows the course of this revolution as it spreads over the continent, and its object is to explain the laws which governed the establishment of a family of new Republics, and the fundamental principles from which they sprang. (from the Historical Introduction).The author of the book went on to become the President of Argentina, serving from 1862 to 1868. Summary by Piotr Nater


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AFTER MAIPÓ 1818 , APOGEE, DECLINE, AND FALL OF BOLIVAR. 1824—1830. , ARGENTINE-CHILENO ALLIANCE 1817 , BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES , BOYACA—COLUMBIA—CARABOBO. 1819—1822. , CANCHA-RAYADA 1817—1818 , CHACABUCO 1817 , COCHRANE—CALLAO—VALDIVIA. 1819—1820. , CUYO 1814—1815 , EPILOGUE. , GUAYAQUIL. 1822 , JUNIN—AYACUCHO. 1823—1824. , MAIPÓ 1818 , PERU. 1820. , PERU INDEPENDENT. 1821. , PROGRESS AND FALL OF THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION 1811—1814 , SAN LORENZO 1813-1814 , SAN MARTIN AND COCHRANE. 1821—1822. , SAN MARTIN IN EUROPE AND IN AMERICA 1778-1812 , THE ABDICATION OF SAN MARTIN. 1822. , THE ARMISTICE OF PUNCHAUCA. 1821. , THE ARMY OF THE ANDES 1816—1817 , THE CHILENO-ARGENTINE REVOLUTION 1810—1811 , THE CONVENTION OF RANCAGUA. 1820. , THE DISASTER AT ICA. 1821—1822. , THE DISOBEDIENCE OF SAN MARTIN. 1819—1820. , THE DISSOLUTION OF NEW GRANADA. 1815—1817. , THE EXPEDITION TO PERU. 1820 , THE EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH. 1821. , THE FIRST CAMPAIGN IN THE HIGHLANDS. 1820—1821. , THE FIRST CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUTH OF CHILE 1817 , THE FIRST NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF PERU. 1822—1823. , THE FIRST NAVAL CAMPAIGN ON THE PACIFIC. 1818. , THE IDEA OF THE PASSAGE OF THE ANDES 1815—1816 , THE INTERVIEW AT GUAYAQUIL. 1822 , THE LAUTARO LODGE 1812-1813 , THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN. 1820—1821. , THE PASSAGE OF THE ANDES 1817 , THE PROTECTORATE OF PERU. 1821—1822. , THE RECONQUEST OF VENEZUELA. 1813. part 1 , THE RECONQUEST OF VENEZUELA. 1813. part 2 , THE REORGANIZATION OF VENEZUELA. 1817—1819. , THE REPASSAGE OF THE ANDES. 1818—1819. , THE REVOLUTIONS IN NEW GRANADA AND QUITO. 1809-1813 , THE REVOLUTIONS IN QUITO AND VENEZUELA. 1809—1812. , THE SECOND CAMPAIGN IN THE HIGHLANDS. 1821. , THE SECOND FALL OF VENEZUELA. 1814. , THE SPY SYSTEM OF THE PATRIOTS 1815—1816 , THE THIRD WAR IN VENEZUELA. 1815—1817. , THE WAR IN QUITO. 1821—1822. , THE WAR IN THE NORTH 1814 , UPPER PERU 1814