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The Desolation of the Universe : Death of La Gran Colombia (1826 -1831)

Part of the The 226 Aides de Camp and Guard of Honor of the Liberator Simon Bolivar (1810-1830) series
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Born December 17th, 1819 and dead on November 21st, 1831, La Gran Colombia comprised the Republics of today's countries : Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, English Guiana and Venezuela. It harnessed an extension comparable, if not larger, than that of the United States at that time, and it was poised to be a leading power for all that it was worth, a model of a Republic, with a modern system of government that rivaled all that were set up in Europe. A new "Ehrynn", literally, in the words of the Irish hero General Francis Burdett O'Connor.

A series of political offspins and ultimately the failure of the Congress of Panama, coupled with the death of Bolivar in 1830, was the final blow to the existence of this grand dream, his Delusions of Grandeur (to some at least !), which brought about its definitive demise.

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Independently Published
837278578Y / 9798372785786
Paperback / softback
28/01/2023
634 pages
127 x 203 mm, 617 grams
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