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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narrative Of The Expedition Which Sailed From England In 1817, To Join The South American Patriots; Comprising Every Particular Connected With Its Formation, History, And Fate; With Observations And A.

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Narrative of the expedition, which sailed from England in 1817, to join the South American Patriots, etc..

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-13. Hardcover. Used:Good.

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London: John Murray 1818. Tall 8vo. xv, 144 pp. Contemporary half straight-grained morocco over marbled boards. Gilt lettering to spine. Sympathetically rebacked with original spine laid down. Inner hinges renewed. Rubbing to spine and board edges. Internally clean. Binding firm. The author was First Lieutenant of the Venezuela Artillery Brigade. He was recruited in London by Don Mendez, the agent of Simon Bolivar, as part of the British Legion. These volunteers, mainly British, Irish and German, fought under Simón Bolívar against Spain for the independence of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador in the Spanish American wars of independence. They were motivated by a combination of both genuine political ideals and mercenary motives, which the author relates in his introduction. Scarce. . Good. Half Morocco. 1818.