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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Jose de San Martin, Arturo Frondizi, Guillermo Franco, Hector Echavarria, Jose Sand, Raul Scalabrini Ortiz, Federico Kammerichs, Joaquin Madariaga, Vicente Fernandez, Pedro Monzon, Juan Ramon Rocha, Ricardo Colombi, Daniel Villalva, Hortensio Quijano, Leonardo Mayer, Alberto Marcico, Gauchito Gil, Joan Bright Astley, Osvaldo Escudero, Julio Musimessi, Alejandro de la Cruz Bentos, Isabel Viudes, Franco Da Dalt, Hilario Navarro, Jose Andres Bilibio, Hugo Soto, Juan Bautista Cabral, Sebastian Decoud, Carlos Espinola, Arturo Colombi, Adolfo Lazzarini, Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Horacio Ramon Cardozo, Silvio Frondizi, Gabriel Mendez, Agustin Velotti, Jose Fabian Ramirez, Leonardo Morales, Gustavo Eberto, Fabian Rios, Emanuel Dening, Transito Cocomarola, Reinaldo Gorno, Dora Sanchez, Hilda Lizarazu. Excerpt: Jose Francisco de San Martin, known simply as Don Jose de San Martin (c. 1778 Yapeyu, Corrientes, Spanish Empire - 17 August 1850 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France ), was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain. Born in Yapeyu, Corrientes (present-day Argentina), he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in Malaga, Spain. In 1808, after joining Spanish forces in the Peninsular War against the French, and after participating in several battles such as the Battle of Bailen, San Martin started making contact with South American supporters of independence from Spain. In 1812, he set sail for Buenos Aires from England, and offered his services to the United Provinces of South America (present-day Argentina). After the Battle of San Lorenzo of 1813, and some time on command of the Army of the North during 1814, he started to put into action his plan to defeat the Spanish forces that menaced the United Provinces from Upper P...
