the Wars of liberation in South America

[gringo]

Gents

just wondered if there is a decent book on the Wars of liberation in South
America......i know Terry hooker does some stuff....the information seems
very scattered. from about 1810 onwards ..including some of the really
tough ones between ..Brazil..Uruguay etc

cheers
Ged
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[jp1885]

Liberators - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberators-Americas-Freedom-Struggle-Independence/dp/1841196231/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364588665&sr=8-1

A vey good read 

[gringo]

thanks JP1885 most kind

regards
Ged
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[carlos marighela]

All of the texts on Brazilian independence that I can think of are in Portuguese. Most of what action took place, happened in Bahia, which accounts for why another Independence Day is celebrated there on 2 July in addition to the national public holiday ofn September 7. Much of the more interesting stuff took place at sea so if you look at any one of the various biographies of Lord Cochrane you should find at least some detail. I used to live a couple of blocks from a Rua Lord Cochrane as it happens. The lovable Scottish pirate, is well thought of thereabouts.

Now if you are looking at the Cisplatine War, the war that essentially gave us modern day Uruguay, then there is one text that is absolutely beyond compare, Tasso Fragoso's  A Batalha do Passo do Rosário. It's the Brazilian Army's 1922 staff study of the war and it has everything you would ever need to know about it, including OB's maps and diagrams of the battles. Alas, it is both rare and in Portuguese. I picked up my copy in an antiquarian bookshop in Salvador a few years ago for a song but that was rare good luck. If you wanted details like OB's etc  I'd be happy to give you them. Someone really should translate this work because it not only covers the war in depth but also gives excellent details on the various Spanish -Brazilian conflicts in the 18th century.

If you are just looking for uniform details, then your best bet is to look at Gustavo Barosso's seminal work, Uniformes do Exercito brasileiro, 1730-1922. Again rare, last copy I looked at was a mint copy in the region of $1200 USD Fortunately the whole thing, including all the colour plates are available online from the University of Toronto:

http://archive.org/details/uniformesdoexerc00rodruoft

[gringo]

Carlos

your a gent............great information and food for thought...please would you e mail me at gjmfigurines4@btinternet.com so we can chay about the Cisplatine book, any OBS would be mor then usefull. thanks

best regards
Ged
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[regimientosdeamerica]

You can also visit http://regimientosdeamerica.com/

[Conquistador]

HAve you contacted the Liberator's Yahoo group people?

Many knowledgeable (and others like me wanting to know) can be contacted on that group.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Mr Mipps]

Have a look at Grenadier Productions

http://grenadierproductions.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

John has a few books covering these conflicts, as well as a range of 15mm figures and Parkfield Miniatures has a growing range of 28mm figures

http://parkfieldminiatures.freeservers.com/28MM%20SOUTH%20AMERICAN%20LIBERATION.html

[Kingscarbine]

Freedom's Mercenaries: British Volunteers in the Wars of Independence of Latin America, 2  Volumes, Moises Enrique Rodriguez

[Mr Mipps]

Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald Life vol 1

http://archive.org/details/lifethomaslordc00dundgoog

Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald Life vol 2

http://archive.org/details/lifethomaslordc01dundgoog


Thomas Cochrane, Earl of Dundonald,  Narrative of services in the liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese domination

vol 1

http://archive.org/details/narrativeservic01dundgoog


vol 2

http://archive.org/details/narrativeofservi14479gut


Charles Stuart Cochrane: Journal of a residence and travels in Colombia during the years 1823 and 1824

Vol 1

http://archive.org/details/residenceandtravels01coch


Vol 2

http://archive.org/details/residenceandtravels02coch

George Laval Chesterton; Peace, war, and adventure: an autobiographical memoir of George Laval Chesterto

Only found volume 1

http://archive.org/details/peacewarandadve00chesgoog

James Hackett, Narrative of the Expedition which Sailed from England in 1817...... (pub 1818

http://archive.org/details/narrativeexpedi01hackgoog


Gustavus Hippisley; A narrative of the expedition to the rivers Orinoco and Apuré in South America : which sailed from England in November 1817, and joined the patriotic forces in Venezuela and Caraccas

http://archive.org/details/anarrativeexped00hippgoog


Colonel Francis Maceroni; Memoirs of the life and adventures of Colonel Maceroni

Vol 1

http://archive.org/details/memoirslifeanda04macegoog


Vol 2

http://archive.org/details/memoirslifeanda02macegoog


General John Miller Memoirs of General Miller, in the service of the republic of Peru

Vol 1

http://archive.org/details/memoirsgeneralm01millgoog


Vol 2

http://archive.org/details/memoirsgeneralm05millgoog

[Mr Mipps]

Can I just add that Parkfield Miniatures are now stocking the Grenadier Production books by John Fletcher in the UK.

http://parkfieldminiatures.freeservers.com/publications.html