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Gran Colombia

Bolivar's grand union of Venezuela, New Granada and Quito, the dream-state of the northern liberation.

Fractured by distance and regional caudillos; Venezuela and Ecuador seceded in 1830 and the union was formally abolished in 1831, leaving New Granada at its core.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Gran Colombia — the shape you scrub through changes in 1819 · 1823.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1819 Boyaca and Gran Colombia Bolivar's victory at Boyaca (7 August 1819) doomed the Viceroyalty of New Granada; the Congress of Angostura proclaimed the Republic of Gran Colombia.
• 1819 Congress of Angostura After his victory at Boyaca (Aug 1819), Bolivar proclaimed the Republic of Colombia (Gran Colombia) on 17 December 1819, uniting Venezuela and New Granada.
• 1822 Battle of Pichincha Sucre's triumph above Quito on 24 May 1822 liberated the old Audiencia of Quito and brought it into Gran Colombia, the future Ecuador.
• 1831 Dissolution of Gran Colombia Venezuela and Ecuador seceded in 1830 and the union was formally abolished in 1831, fracturing into Venezuela, Ecuador and New Granada.

Further reading

• Bolivar Marie Arana · 2013

  A full biography of Simon Bolivar, architect of Gran Colombia, covering the union's rise and fracture.

• Born in Blood and Fire John Charles Chasteen · 2000

  The wars of independence and the splintering of Bolivar's union, set in the broad sweep of Latin American history.

• The General in His Labyrinth Gabriel García Márquez · 1989 · fiction

  Bolívar’s last river journey as Gran Colombia falls apart, 1830.

Sources

• Gran Colombia — Wikipedia