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Wikipedia: José Francisco de San Martín Matorras, also known as José de San Martín (25 February 1778 – 17 August 1850), was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain. Born on 25 February 1778 in Yapeyú, Corrientes in Argentina, he left his mother country at the early age of seven and studied in an aristocratic school in Madrid, Spain, where he met and befriended Chilean Bernardo O'Higgins. In 1808, after joining Spanish forces in the Peninsular War against the French, and after participating in several battles such as the Battle of Bailén, José started making contact with South American supporters of independence from Spain.
![[Battle of Maipú, 1818]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Battle_of_Maipu_s.jpg "Battle of Maipú, 1818")
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![[San Martín's tomb in the Buenos Aires Cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/San_Martin_27s_Grave_s.jpg "San Martín's tomb in the Buenos Aires Cathedral")
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![[Cerro de la gloria: Monument of the Army of the Andes in Mendoza, Argentina.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Army_of_the_Andes_s.jpg "Cerro de la gloria: Monument of the Army of the Andes in Mendoza, Argentina.")
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![[General San Martín in Paris, 1848]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jose_de_San_Martin_s.jpg "General San Martín in Paris, 1848")
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![[Statue of José de San Martín in Santiago de Chile.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sanmartin_s.jpg "Statue of José de San Martín in Santiago de Chile.")
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![[Statue of Jose de San Martin donated by the government of Argentina to Mexico and on display at the intersection...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/StatueJoseSanMartinDF_s.jpg "Statue of Jose de San Martin donated by the government of Argentina to Mexico and on display at the intersection...")
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