Ducoudray Holstein Expedition

rdf:langString Ducoudray Holstein Expedition

rdf:langString Ducoudray Holstein Expedition

rdf:langString Removal of Spanish forces from Puerto Rico, and declaring the Boricua Republic

rdf:langString Eventual cancellation

rdf:langString Map of Puerto Rico

rdf:langString Puerto Rico

rdf:langString Amphibious Invasion, overthrow of colonial government.

rdf:langString The Ducoudray Holstein Expedition was an attempt by commercial interests to invade Puerto Rico and declare it the independent "Republica Boricua" in 1822. In the 1820s there was a plot to invade Puerto Rico, declare its independence from Spain, proclaim the Republica Boricua and establish its capital in Mayagüez. This invasion was different from all its precursors since none before had intended to make Puerto Rico an independent nation, and use the Taino name Boricua as the name of the republic. It was also intended more as a mercantile venture than a patriotic endeavor. It was the first time an invasion intended to make the city of Mayagüez the capital of the island. The enterprise was conceived and carefully planned, organized and directed as a for-profit commercial enterprise by general Henri La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein, a Germano-French veteran of the Napoleonic wars and of the Bolivarian wars.

rdf:langString Henri La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein