Figuras americanas - Galería de hombres ilustres

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FIGURAS

AMERICANAS

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GALERÍA

DE HOMBRES ILUSTRES

POR

MIGUEL A. PÉREZ

PARÍS

GARNIER HERMANOS, LIBREROS—EDITORES

6, rue des saints-pères, 6

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1891

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Indice

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Páginas

Prólogo..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Don Juan Ruiz de Alarcón y Mendoza (Mejicano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	1
Franklin (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	5
Rivadavia (Argentino)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	10
Páez (Venezolano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	14
Mariano Eduardo Rivero (Peruano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	19
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (Mejicana)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	24
Hámilton (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	27
Aaron Burr (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	33
O'Higgins (Chileno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	36
Mádison (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	40
Heredia (Cubano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	44
Artigas (Oriental)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	52
Freire (Chileno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	57
Bello (Venezolano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	61
Monroe (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	71
Belgrano (Argentino)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	75
Bilbao (Chileno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	79
Muñoz Gamero (Chileno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	83
Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (Cubana)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	86
Hidalgo (Mejicano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	89
Morelos (Mejicano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	93
Iturbide (Mejicano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	96
Enriqueta Stowe (Norteamericana)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	101
Castilla (Peruano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	105

Lamar (Ecuatoriano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	108
Sucre (Venezolano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	111
Walker (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	115
Francia (Paraguayo)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	118
Los dos López (Paraguayos)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	123
Caldas (Colombiano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	126
Córdoba (Colombiano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	128
Morazán (Hondureno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	130
Rosas (Argentino)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	132
Caro (Colombiano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	135
Jaime Fenimore Coopcr (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	139
Longfelow (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	142
Zaragoza (Mejicano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	149
Candelaria Pérez (Chilena)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	152
Ulises Grant (Norteamericano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	155
Arturo Prat (Chileno)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	159
Miguel Grau (Peruano)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	162
Apéndice..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	165
Washington..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	165
Bolívar..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	169
San Martín..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	171
Juárez..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	174
Lincoln..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	176