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When did the Army of the Andes begin its march from Mendoza?
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JosĂ© de San MartĂn
JosĂ© de San MartĂn, detail of a portrait by F. Bouchot; in the West Point Museum, New York.
The Army of the Andes, led by the Argentine revolutionary JosĂ© de San MartĂn, began its march from Mendoza on January 18, 1817.1