Puerto Cabelo, Venezuela - Plaza del Aguila
Puerto Cabelo, Venezuela - Plaza del Aguila. The Monumento del Aguila honours the American volunteers who were captured in Francisco Miranda's failed attempt to land in Ocumare in 1806. Ten of the officers were hanged, 53 others were imprisoned - the Eagle is in fact a condor
Picture No
10950016
Media ID
46706082
Size
5241px x 3286px
(1.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1930s
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1806 Aguila Condor Executed Failed Hanged Imprisoned Miranda Plaza Puerto Venezuela Venezuelan Volunteers
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