Nineteenth-Century British Perspectives on Spanish America

ISBN-13: 9781032011660 / Twarda / 2024 / 590 str.

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The sources in this volume focus on Britain’s moral, financial, and diplomatic interventions and ambitions in Latin America. It begins during the wars of independence spanning 1810-1825. The collected texts variously portray British anticipation of, participation in, and pursuit of national interest amidst revolutions in Latin America.

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CONTENTS

Volume I - Romanticism and Revolutions

Introduction

Part 1. Poetry and Drama

1. S. Rogers, The Voyage of Columbus. A Poem, excerpts

2. A. L. Barbauld, Eighteen Hundred and Eleven: A Poem, excerpt

3. W. L. Bowles,　The Missionary: A Poem, excerpt

4. J. S. Walker, The South American, A Metrical Tale, in Four Cantos, with Historical Notes and Other Poems, excerpt

5. J. Keats, ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer’

6. G. Gordon, Lord Byron, The Age of Bronze; or, Carmen seculare et annus haud mirabilis, excerpt

7. H. M. Williams, ‘Peruvian Tales’, Poems on Various Subjects. With Introductory Remarks on the Present State of Science and Literature in France, excerpt

8. J. R. Planché,　Cortez: Or, The Conquest of Mexico: an Historical Drama, in Three Acts, excerpt

9. R. Southey, A Tale of Paraguay, excerpts

Part 2. Military Interventions and Adventures

10. H. Popham, ‘Secret Paper on South America’

11. A. Gillespie,　Gleanings and Remarks: Collected During Many Months of Residence at Buenos Ayres, and Within the Upper Country¸ excerpt

12. [J. G. P. Tucker],　A Narrative of the Operations of a Small British Force: Under the Command of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Auchmuty, Employed in the Reduction of Monte Video, on the River Plate, A.D. 1807, excerpt

13. Anon., An Authentic Narrative of the Proceedings of the Expedition Under the Command of Brigadier-Gen. Craufurd, excerpt

14. M. Rafter, Memoirs of Gregor M’Gregor, excerpt

15. G. Hippisley,　A Narrative of the Expedition to the Rivers Orinoco and Apuré, excerpt

16. C. Brown, Narrative of the Expedition to South America, excerpt

17. J. H. Robinson, Journal of an Expedition 1400 Miles up the Orinoco and 300 up the Arauca, excerpt

18. R. Vowell, Campaigns and Cruises, in Venezuela and New Gr[a]nada, excerpt

19. T. Cochrane,　Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil: From Spanish and Portuguese Domination, excerpts

20. Anon.,　Recollections of a Service of Three Years During the War-of-extermination in the Republics of Venezuela and Colombia, excerpt

21. T. Sutcliffe,　Sixteen Years in Chile and Peru: From 1822 to 1839, excerpts

22. John Miller,　Memoirs of General Miller, excerpt

Part 3. Diplomacy and Politics

23. R. Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, ‘Memorandum for the Cabinet, relative to South America’

24. J. Mill, ‘The Emancipation of Spanish America’, excerpts

25. W. B. Stevenson,　Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America, excerpts

26. W. P. Robertson and J. P. Robertson, Letters on Paraguay, excerpt

27. B. Hall, Extracts from a Journal, Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, excerpt

28. G. Canning, ‘Extract of a Memorandum of a Conference between the Prince de Polignac and Mr. Canning, held Oct. 9th, 1823’, excerpts

29. F. Hall, Colombia: It’s Present State, excerpt

30. J. Mackintosh, Substance of the Speech of Sir James Mackintosh in the House of Commons, June 15, 1824, excerpts

31. J. P. Hamilton, Travels Through the Interior Provinces of Columbia, excerpt

32. G. A. Thompson,　Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico, excerpt

33. T. Carlyle, ‘Dr. Francia’, excerpts

Index

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Marisa Knox is a professor in the English department at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.