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José Fernando de Abascal

1743–1821 · 18th century

José Fernando de Abascal was a Spanish officer who served as viceroy of Peru from 1806 to 1816. Making Lima the centre of royalist resistance to the Spanish American independence movements, he sent armies against the patriots in Upper Peru, Quito and Chile, where his troops helped bring down the Patria Vieja in 1814.

José Fernando de Abascal
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Patria Vieja

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