Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina

This article is about a book. For the topics themselves, see Manuel Belgrano and Argentine War of Independence.

Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina (English: History of Belgrano and Argentine Independence) is an Argentine history book written by Bartolomé Mitre. It is mainly a biography of Manuel Belgrano, but the author expanded the scope to the whole Argentine War of Independence, where Belgrano was involved. It was the first book about the history of Argentina, and as such the starting point of the historiography of Argentina. It includes as well the autobiography of Manuel Belgrano, which was published for the first time in this book.

Historia de Belgrano y de la Independencia Argentina

Author	Bartolomé Mitre
Language	Spanish
Subject	Manuel Belgrano
Genre	Biography
Publication date	1857
Publication place	Argentina
Followed by	Historia de San Martín y de la emancipación sudamericana

When it was edited, the book generated controversies between the author and Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield and Juan Bautista Alberdi.