A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America: Volume 3 [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Stevenson, W B.

 
9781108033664: A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America: Volume 3 [Lingua Inglese]

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This three-volume work, published in 1825, describes South American society and culture in the final years of Spanish colonial rule.

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Descrizione del libro

This three-volume work, published in 1825, describes W. B. Stevenson's colourful experiences in colonial Chile, Colombia and Peru as a traveller, a prisoner, a provincial governor and a revolutionary. It gives a dramatic account of society and culture in South America as the movement for independence from Spanish rule gathered pace.

Contenuti

1. First revolutionary symptoms in South America; 2. Second revolution at Quito; 3. State of Lima in 1811; 4. State of Lima; 5. State of Lima on the arrival of the Chilean Squadron; 6. Santiago; 7. Passage from Guayaquil River to Valdivia; 8. Lord Cochrane and the Chilean Government; 9. Sketch of O'Higgins, San Martin, Lord Cochrane, Las Heras, and Monteagudo; 10. Battalion of Numancia joins the Liberating Army; 11. Lima evacuated by La Serna; 12. Revolution and state of Guayaquil; 13. Commercial code at Lima.

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