Two Exceptional Witnesses of Latin American Independence: The Prussian Explorer Alexander Von Humboldt and The Virginian Politician Thomas Jefferson

This paper analyzes Alexander von Humboldt and Thomas Jefferson’s respective positions regarding the independence of Spanish colonies in South America, as well as the way these views were determined by their own personal experiences. Humboldt is an observer of the political situation just before the...

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Main Author:	Rebok, Sandra
Format:	Online
Language:	eng
Published:	Sociedad de Historia de la Educación Latinoamericana y la Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2014
Subjects:	Journal History of Latin American Education independence movement Latin America Enlightenment Atlantic history history of ideas. Social Sciences
Online Access:	https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/historia_educacion_latinamerican/article/view/3067