Witness to the Age of Revolution: The Odyssey of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru

The Tupac Amaru rebellion of 1780-1783 was the largest in the history of Spain's American empire, led by José Gabriel Condorcanqui, who became one of Latin America's most iconic revolutionary figures. Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru, his half-brother, survived but paid a high price for his participation. This graphic history relates his life and legacy, enhanced by primary sources, and chronicles the harrowing and extraordinary life of a firsthand witness to the Age of Revolution.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 176 pages
\n Publication date: 12 November 2020
\n Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
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The Tupac Amaru Rebellion of 1780-1783 began as a local uprising against colonial authorities and evolved into the most significant rebellion in the history of Spain's American empire, surpassing the American Revolution in scale and lethality. José Gabriel Condorcanqui, an official collector of tribute for the imperial crown, had firsthand experience of the oppressive Spanish rule that affected Peru's Indian population. Under the Inca royal name Tupac Amaru, he initiated events that would elevate him to one of Latin America's most iconic revolutionary figures. While Condorcanqui and the rebellion's leaders were executed, his half-brother Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru survived but paid a heavy price for his involvement. This work in the Graphic History series is based on Juan Bautista's memoir, which details his odyssey as a prisoner of Spain. He endured forty years in jails, dungeons, and presidios on both sides of the Atlantic. Juan Bautista spent two years in Cusco, was freed, rearrested, and then marched 700 miles in chains over the Andes to Lima. He spent two years aboard a ship traveling around Cape Horn to Spain. Subsequently, he was imprisoned in Ceuta, Spain's notorious garrison city on the northern tip of Africa, for over thirty years. In 1822, priest Marcos Durán Martel and Maltese-Argentine naval hero Juan Bautista Azopardo arranged for his release and transportation to the newly independent Argentina, where he became a symbol of Argentina's brief romance with the Incan Empire. There, he penned his memoirs but tragically passed away without realizing his dream of returning to Peru. This captivating graphic history delves into the life and legacy of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru, complemented by a selection of primary sources, and chronicles the harrowing

extraordinary life of a firsthand witness to history.

\n Weight: 546g\n
Dimension: 179 x 254 x 17 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780190941154\n \n