▁comm emor ative ▁statue ▁of ▁Bel gr ano , ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Cor so ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁ ▁Histor i ography ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano ▁was ▁his ▁aut obi ography , ▁which ▁he ▁wrote ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁station ed ▁in ▁Lu jan . ▁It ▁long ▁remained ▁un pub lished . ▁His ▁first ▁bi ography ▁written ▁by ▁someone ▁else ▁was ▁" B os que jo ▁hist órico ▁del ▁General ▁Don ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano " ▁( H istor ical ▁stub ▁on ▁General ▁Don ▁Manuel ▁Bel gr ano ), ▁author ed ▁by ▁José ▁Ig na cio ▁Ál vare z ▁Thomas . ▁Ál vare z ▁Thomas ▁wrote ▁it ▁during ▁his ▁ex ile ▁at ▁Col onia ▁del ▁Sac r amento , ▁and ▁his ▁work ▁had ▁a ▁high ▁political ▁bias . ▁ ▁The ▁historian ▁Bart ol om é ▁Mit re ▁wrote ▁Historia ▁de ▁Bel gr ano ▁y ▁de ▁la ▁Indep endencia ▁Argentina ▁( ), ▁whose ▁scope ▁expanded ▁on ▁the ▁simple ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Bel gr ano ▁himself , ▁and ▁detailed ▁instead ▁the ▁Argent ine ▁War ▁of ▁Independ ence ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁The ▁work ▁followed ▁the ▁Great ▁Man ▁theory , ▁linking ▁the ▁success ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁of ▁independence ▁to ▁the ▁figure ▁of ▁Bel gr ano ▁and ▁his ▁n atal ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁This ▁book ▁included ▁as ▁well ▁the ▁aut obi ography ▁of ▁Bel gr ano , ▁which ▁was ▁discovered ▁by ▁Mit re . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁critic ised ▁by ▁contemporary ▁Argent ine ▁authors , ▁such ▁as ▁Dal ma