Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 266 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Reproduktion [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
9781800855021
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1800855028
Series Statement:
Liverpool Latin American studies new ser., 8
Content:
Between 1810 and 1825, 7,000 English, Scottish and Irish mercenaries sailed to Gran Colombia to fight against Spanish colonial rule under the rebel forces of Simón Bolívar. Their motives were mixed. Some travelled for money, others travelled for honour. Adventuring Through Spanish Colonies 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 historians. 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.--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-258) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781846310447
Additional Edition:
ISBN 184631044X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Brown, Matthew Adventuring through Spanish colonies Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006
Language:
English
URL:
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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