Sherlock rambles on about 18th and 19th century battle-lines and the Battle of Valencia while Nathan provides a solid chat on the establishment of the first government of the Patria Boba and the landing of Monteverde's Marines.

The Patria Boba is born on July 5th, 1811 as Bolivar and Miranda's relationship starts to fray and the Venezuelan Junta begins its series of blunders. However, independence comes for the first time to Spanish America!

We discuss Bolivar's trip to London, his dealings in the great city, his return to Venezuela, the beginning of the First Republic and Bolivar's dealings with such.

We discuss the fall of Spain, the spark for the independence movements in both Spanish America and Spain, the Buenos Aires rebellions, why the UK/GB is annoying, and what Bolivar is doing as all of this is happening.

We discuss Bolivar's meeting with the Pope in 1806, Miranda's failed expedition, his return to Paris, his trip to the US of A, and his soon to be return to Venezuela!

Bolivar sets sail for Spain, does a pit-stop in Mexico, almost dies from starvation, almost dies from a run in with a prince, gets edjumacated, meets the Queen and sees the motherland for what it truly is: a farce.

I found a copy of Simon Bolivar's first letter
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We finally get to Bolivar! Wooo! And his crazy family and tragic childhood.  Join us for a wild emotional ride in Episode 5!

Sherlock and Nathan go into the crazy details of race, subdivision of the empire and all sorts of tax reforms. Excitements awaits! If parts of this episode sound weird it's because I couldn't be bothered to edit them, sorry <3

Here are the maps promised:
South America in 1826
Military actions in Latin America in the 1800s
Colombia in 1824
Latin America in 1825
South America in 1890

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Nathan can't speak French and Sherlock is a smartass about it. They talk about the French Revolution in all its boring-ness and why it's relevant to this podcast.