While in Paris he studied with German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and while in Rome, on the heights of the Monte Sacro, he made the pledge that would become his life's work.  
While in Paris he studied with German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and while in Rome, on the heights of the Monte Sacro, he made the pledge that would become his life's work.  During his first exile, he penned the famous "Letter from Jamaica," in which he outlined his grand scheme. This followed his call to throw off the yoke of Ferdinand VII in his Cartagena Manifesto.  Sadly, he died in obscurity following the crushing news that his compatriot Antonio Jose de Sucre had been assassinated.  FTP, name this man known as the "Liberator" in his native Venezuela.
While in Paris he studied with German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, and while in Rome, on the heights of the Monte Sacro, he made the pledge that would become his life's work.  
Simon de Bolivar