5.03- The Precursors

5.03- The Precursors

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5.04- The Prince of Caracas

Enter Bolívar.  

5.05- The Leander Expedition

1n 1806, two invasions of South America tested the waters of independence. Also, Bolívar swears to liberate his country or die trying.  

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Francisco de Miranda, Latin American Hero (Francisco de Miranda, Héroe Latinoamericano)
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Before Simón Bolívar, before José de San Martín, there was someone else. A man who fought for independence not only in South America but in France and the United States, and whose name is the ONLY American one (North or South) to be engraved in the Arc de Triomphe.

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