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Captaincy General of Venezuela

Created in 1777 to unite the scattered Caribbean provinces of Caracas, Maracaibo, Cumana and Guayana under one military government.

Caracas deposed its captain general in April 1810 and declared independence on 5 July 1811, opening more than a decade of war that ended in Gran Colombia.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Captaincy General of Venezuela — the shape you scrub through changes in 1777 · 1810.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1777 Captaincy General of Venezuela established The Royal Decree of 8 September 1777 united Caracas, Maracaibo, Cumana, Guayana and Margarita under a single captain general at Caracas.

Further reading

• Born in Blood and Fire John Charles Chasteen · 2000

  Follows the Caracas-led captaincy from its 1777 creation into the 1810–11 independence movement.

• Colonial Latin America Mark A. Burkholder & Lyman L. Johnson · 1990

  Covers the consolidation of the Venezuelan provinces under one military government (broad context).

Sources

• Captaincy General of Venezuela — Wikipedia