Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina

''Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina'' ( en, italic=yes, History of Belgrano and Argentine Independence) is an Argentine history book written by Bartolomé Mitre. It is mainly a biography of

Manuel Belgrano Manuel José Joaquín del Corazón de Jesús Belgrano y González (3 June 1770 – 20 June 1820), usually referred to as Manuel Belgrano (), was an Argentine public servant, economist, lawyer, politician, journalist, and military leader. He ...

, but the author expanded the scope into the whole Argentine War of Independence, where Belgrano was involved. It was the first book about the

history of Argentina The history of Argentina can be divided into four main parts: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the sixteenth century), the colonial period (1536–1809), the period of nation-building (1810–1880), and the history of modern Argenti ...

, and as such it was the starting point of the

historiography of Argentina The Historiography of Argentina is composed of the works of the authors that have written about the History of Argentina. The first historiographical works are usually considered to be those by Bartolomé Mitre and other authors from the middle 19t ...

. It includes as well the

autobiography of Manuel Belgrano The autobiography of Manuel Belgrano (full name in Spanish: "''Autobiografía del General Don Juan Manuel Belgrano, que comprende desde sus primeros años (1770) hasta la Revolución del 25 de mayo''") was written in 1814. It is part of his ''Memo ...

, which was published by the first time in this book. When it was edited, the book generated controversies between the author and Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield and

Juan Bautista Alberdi Juan Bautista Alberdi (August 29, 1810 – June 19, 1884) was an Argentine political theorist and diplomat. Although he lived most of his life in exile in Montevideo, Uruguay and in Chile, he influenced the content of the Constitution of Arg ...

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