[380] con rendirse a discreción, provided he surrendered unconditionally.
[381] afirmándola con una salva, asserting its power with a salvo.
[382] Callao, city and port of Peru.
[383] era nacido. The more common usage is había nacido.
[384] recuerdo. Reference to the statue of Falucho in Buenos Aires.
[385] Tablada de Lurín, tollhouse of Lurín; in the suburbs of Lima.
[386] la independencia del Perú. San Martín declared the independence of Peru in 1821.
[387] se caracteriza como... militar, can be characterized as a profound political and military plan.
[388] con la espada de Chacabuco y Maipo, i.e., the two most decisive battles fought by San Martín in Chile, in 1817 and 1818. These victories gave Chile its independence.
[389] emancipación de un mundo, i.e., South America.