"Discursos y Proclamas--Simón Bolívar," R. Blanco-Fombona, Paris. "Documentos para la Vida Pública del Libertador" por Blanco y Azpurúa, Caracas. "El Libertador de la América del Sur," Guzmán Blanco, London, 1885. "Estudio Histórico," Aristides Rojas, Caracas, 1884. "La Creación de un Continente," F. García Calderón, Paris. "La Entrevista de Bolívar y San Martín en Guayaquil," Camilo Destruge, Guayaquil, 1918. "La última enfermedad, los últimos momentos y los funerales de Simón Bolívar," Dr. A.P. Révérend, Paris, 1866. "Leyendas Históricas," A. Rojas, Caracas, 1890. "Memorias de O'Leary," translated from English by Simón B. O'Leary, Caracas, 1883. "Orígenes del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho," discursos del Señor D. Felipe Francia, Caracas, 1920. "Papeles de Bolívar," Vicente Lecuna, Caracas, 1917. "Pensamientos consagrados a la memoria del Libertador," Caracas, 1842. "Recuerdos del Tiempo Heróico--Pájinas de la vida militar i política del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho," José María Rey de Castro, Guayaquil, 1883. "Resúmen de la Historia de Venezuela," Baralt y Díaz, Paris, 1841. "Simón Bolívar," Arturo Juega Farrulla, Montevideo, 1915. "Vida de Simón Bolívar," Larrazábal, Madrid, 1918; also sixth edition of same book, New York, Andres Cassard, 1883. [Footnote 1: Duarte Level is not Mexican but Venezuelan.] [Footnote 2: Lorain Petre is not North American but English.] For the use of various documents, articles, and papers, we are also indebted to Dr. Manuel Segundo Sánchez, Director of the National Library of Caracas, Venezuela, as well as to Dr. Julius Goebel of the University of Virginia for his kindness in letting us examine his notes on certain papers existing in the files of the State Department in Washington. We beg to express our sincere gratitude to Miss Edith H. Murphy of Bay Ridge High School and St. Joseph College of Brooklyn, and to Dr. C.E. McGuire of the Inter American High Commission, for their revision of the original manuscript and their very valuable suggestions regarding the subject matter and the style. For the appreciations and judgments appearing in this monograph, its author assumes full responsibility. Table of Contents _Chapter_ Introduction I. The Spanish Colonies in America II. Bolívar's Early Life. Venezuela's First Attempt to Obtain Self-Government (1783-1810) III. The Declaration of Independence, July 5, 1811. Miranda's Failure (1811-1812) IV. Bolívar's First Expedition. The Cruelty of War (1812-1813) V. Bolívar's First Victories (1813) VI. Araure. Ribas Triumphs in La Victoria. A Wholesale Execution (1813-1814) VII. The Heroic Death of Ricaurte. Victory of Carabobo and Defeat of La Puerta (1814) VIII. Bolívar in Exile and Morillo in Power. The "Jamaica Letter" (1814-1815) IX. Bolívar's Expedition and New Exile. He Goes to Guayana (1815-1817)