Inca, sailor, soldier, king: Gregor MacGregor and the early nineteenth-century Caribbean

Bulletin of Latin American Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-70

  Brown, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adventure; Colombia; Gregor MacGregor; Masculinity; Venezuela; Wars of independence

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE;

EID: 13344269653     PISSN: 02613050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0261-3050.2005.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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