Friday, August 15, 2008
RANDOM E BRITANNICA POST
COLLINS, WILLIAM- 1787-1847. painter. son of irish picture dealer + man of letters. a good colorist + excellent draughtsman, early work dificient, feeble from excess of care + finish. father of wilkie collins. wilkie too current!
COMUMBIA- nine states. most of the territory of spanish "new grenada'. blah blah. history- the coast, one of 1st parts of the american continent explored. alonzo de ojeda landed twice. 1499 + 1501. columbus visited veragua, portobello + other places in 1502. in 1508 ojeda obtained a grant from the spanish crown for the district from cape veda to the gulf of darien + the rest of the country iguessa. called nueva Andalucia + castella de ora + these united in 1514 into terra-firma under pedro arias de avila by mid 1500's spanish power established + flourishing. erected a presidency of new grenada til 1718 when raised to viceroyty. in 1719 the 2nd viceroy, count de la cueva, the maintenance was too much for the settlers, it went back to presidency. in 1740, back to viceroy + new grenada had part of venezuela + ecuador too.
insurrection in 1811 + war waged til 1824. in 1819, the great national hero, bolivar effected a union between 3 divisions, + columbia born. 1829. venezuela withdrew in 1830. quito/equador did too. blah blah civil war til 1841, much mess as today.
