The 1914 caption reads: "Simon Bolivar crossing the Andes." Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) was a South American soldier who was instrumental in the continent's revolutions against the Spanish empire. Simón Bolívar, the dashing Liberator, conceived of a brilliant yet seemingly suicidal plan: he would take his 2,000+ man army, cross the mighty Andes in 1819, and hit the Spanish where they were least expecting it: in neighboring New Granada (Colombia), where a small Spanish army held the region unopposed.

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