General Questions
This was Andres Bello’s geographical journey.
What is "Caracas → London → Chile"
These two Greco-Roman thinkers, whose verses Bello learned as a child, greatly influenced his literary and rhetorical style
What is Virgil and Homer
Andrés Bello was sent to this European country with Simón Bolívar to seek support for Latin American independence.
What is England
These were the most important/significant pieces of literature that Andres Bello produced. (name 2 out of the 4)
What is:
Silva a la Agricultura de la Zona Tórrida(poem)
Civil Code of the Republic of Chile (Código Civil de la República de Chile)
Alocucion a la poesia
Gramática de la lengua castellana (Grammar of the Spanish Language, 1847)
While teaching Roman Law, Bello used texts by these two scholars
Heineccius and Vinnius
Initially favoring monarchism for stability, Andrés Bello later realized that this form of government provided a long-lasting constitutional framework for post-independence Latin America
What is republicanism
These were the primary reasons Andres Bello was sent to London. This was why he could not leave.
What is to help secure military and financial aid for the junta and their quest for independence from the Spanish Crown. Could not return home because of violence (could not secure support from England), political differences with leaders in the revolutionary army.
Andrés Bello admired these two Spanish Golden Age writers
Luis de Góngora and Francisco de Quevedo
This 1847 work by Andrés Bello aimed to standardize Spanish usage across Latin America
Gramática de la lengua castellana