Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada, also known as the Liberation Campaign of 1819, was part of the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of independence and was one of the many military campaigns foug
The Battle of Boyacá by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal, 1920
Simón Bolívar. Engraving by M.N. Bate.
In August 1818, Francisco de Paula Santander would be tasked with building a new army in Casanare. Watercolor by Santiago Martinez Delgado.
Brigadier General José Antonio Anzoátegui, commander of the Rearguard Division. painting by Pedro José Figueroa
The Colombian War of Independence is traditionally held as having begun on July 20, 1810 when a government junta, a political governing board mostly headed by local colonists, was created in Santa Fe
Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada
…Bolívar's campaign to liberate New Granada, also known as the Liberation Campaign of 1819, was part of the Colombian and Venezuelan wars of independence and was one of the many military campaigns fought by Simón Bolívar. In 1819 Bolívar led a combined New Granadan and…
From left to right and top to bottom: Battle of Calibío, Battle of Juanambú, Battle of the Palo River, Siege of Cartagena (1815), Battle of Boyacá and Congress of Cúcuta.
Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
Camilo Torres
Scuffle between Jose Gonzalez Llorente and Pantaleón Santamaría during the Flower vase incident.