El Libertador: Writings of Simon Bolivar

by Simón Bolívar

Book Overview

General Sim n Bol var (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bol var became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bol var's honor, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195144813
• ISBN13: 9780195144819
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.1"