Atlas plate · Andes and Pacific, 1822 to 1856
Libertadora del Libertador
Quito, Bogotá, then the Pacific town where exile ended.
From one shore toward the other. A path of relation, not a lineage.
From
Quito
Between
republics, reputation, the long afterward of a revolution
Toward
Paita
- From
- Quito
- Toward
- Paita, on the Peruvian coast
- Between
- the Andes, new flags, a continent arguing itself into being
- Distance
- a life measured in campaigns, not a single road
- Obstacle
- republics, reputation, the long afterward of a revolution
- Beloved
- Simón Bolívar
- Approximate route
- Quito to Bogotá, and at last the road of exile to Paita
- Time apart
- the years after his death, which she outlived in a small port
- Boundary crossed
- lover, colonel, exile
- What stands between them
- war, and a fire that would take some of the papers with her
Also on the plate: Bogotá