[7] Miguel Luis Amunátegui. A noted Chilean writer and statesman.
[8] del ayer, of yesterday. VARIANT: Del pasado.
[9] Diego Barros Arana. A Chilean writer and historian, who was for many years the Rector of the University of Chile.
[10] ad narrandum. A Latin phrase meaning in narrative style.
[11] Andrés Bello. A Venezuelan philologist and lexicographer.
[12] todo un continente, a (the) whole continent; an entire continent.
[13] la inteligencia más cumplida, a well-balanced mind of high order.
[14] derecho de gentes, the fundamental rights of the people.
[15] Alberto Blest Gana. A noted and versatile novelist and poet.
[16] de nuestra buena capital. Buena here has an affectionate meaning: our ‘good old’ capital.