Bolivar (In Our Time)
1819 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Simon Bolivar, hero of the revolutionary wars that liberated Spanish America from Spain. In 1805 Bolivar stood on a small hill in Rome and made a grand declaration.
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
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