"Garibaldi the Liberator," June 16, 1860

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"Garibaldi the Liberator," June 16, 1860

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12/17/2009

Depicted Content19th-Century World Affairs

Depicted ContentAll remaining Neapolitan troops sail from Palermo and withdraw from Sicily

Depicted ContentIn Sicily, royal troops capitulate and leave the capital city of Palermo in the hands of Garibaldi

Depicted ContentGaribaldi and his volunteers engage in days of heavy street fighting in Sicily's capital city of Palermo

Depicted ContentGiuseppe Garibaldi declares himself "Dictator of Sicily"

Depicted ContentGaribaldi and his thousand volunteers land at the Sicilian port town of Marsala

Depicted ContentGaribaldi and his thousand volunteers embark from the Tuscan coast for Sicily

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cartoon

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Garilbaldi the Liberator: Or the Modern Perseus

Source citation

"Garibaldi the Liberator," Punch Magazine, June 16, 1860, p. 243.

Source note

This British cartoon portrays Giuseppe Garibaldi as a modern day Perseus rescuing Andromeda by slaying the sea monster who had imprisoned her. Garibaldi's remarkable invasion of Sicily the previous month had expelled the royal forces of the Bourbon King Francis II of Naples, here represented as "Bomba Junior" after the infamous penchant for Bourbon rulers in Italy to shell their own subjects. (By John Osborne)

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