Part one of term paper
was one of the first parts of the New World to be explored by the Spanish. Christopher Columbus for whom the country is named, never visited the area. In 1510 Spaniards founded Santa Maria la Antigua del Darien, the first permanent European settlement on the American mainland. In 1536 Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada explored the valley of th ...

Part two of term paper
... A bitter and long struggle between the insurgents and the royalists led by Simon Bolivar followed. Simón Bolívar's Venezuelan troops won the battle of Boyacá in on Aug. 7, 1819 which gave the rebels victory over the royalist. The Republic of Gran was established with Cucuta as its capital. Simon Bolivar became the first president of the new republic of Gran which included present day Panama, Venezuela and Ecuador in 1822. Francisco de Paula Santander was elected Vice-President. ...