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BRAGONI, Beatriz. The epistolary exchange between San Martin and Lafond. Prismas [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp.47-62. ISSN 1852-0499.

The article deals with a busy and controversial issue of historiography: the image of San Martin bequeathed by Gabriel Lafond de Lurcy and controversies surrounding discussed in Guayaquil interview he had with Simon Bolivar in 1822. Unlike studies previous who paid attention to the real nature or apocryphal of the letter published Lafond in his work published in 1843, the article explores the leading role that quota to own San Martin in the construction and preservation of his posthumous memory in relation to the progressive rescue the figure of Bolivar in America and Europe, and the deliberate intention of San Martin to silence their preferences frustrated constitutional monarchist.

Palabras clave : Travel literature; Historiographies of independence; National mythologies.

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