Manuel Ancízar
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Manuel Esteban Ancízar Basterra (December 25, 1812 – May 21, 1882) was a Colombian lawyer, writer, and journalist of Colombia
.
He was born in the state of Cundinamarca
and educated in Bogotá
. He then spent time in Cuba
and Caracas
, Venezuela
, returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the Chorographic Commission in 1850. The Commission's goal was to produce a complete record of the geography, natural history, culture, and economy of the country. He wrote a book Peregrinación de Alpha por las provincias del norte de La Nueva Granada en 1850-1851 (Alpha's Pilgrimage) describing what he found, and promoting the idea of developing a new Colombian culture based on both Indian and Spanish roots. Manuel wrote several other books including "Las pollos sucios"
on 25 December 1812. The son of the Spaniards José Francisco Ancízar y Zabaleta and Juana Bernarda Basterra y Abaurrea. On 4 July 1857 he married Agripina Samper Agudelo
, a poet and member of a literary and influential family, and out this marriage were born Roberto (b. 1858), Pablo (b. 1859), Inés (b. 1860), Jorge (b. 1862), and Manuel (b. 1865).
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
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He was born in the state of Cundinamarca
Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca
The Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca was a rebel state in modern Colombia between 1810 and 1815 during the Patria Boba period at the beginning of the Latin American wars of independence...
and educated in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. He then spent time in Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and Caracas
Caracas
Caracas , officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela; natives or residents are known as Caraquenians in English . It is located in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range...
, Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, returning in 1847. He founded a publishing house and a newspaper before joining the Chorographic Commission in 1850. The Commission's goal was to produce a complete record of the geography, natural history, culture, and economy of the country. He wrote a book Peregrinación de Alpha por las provincias del norte de La Nueva Granada en 1850-1851 (Alpha's Pilgrimage) describing what he found, and promoting the idea of developing a new Colombian culture based on both Indian and Spanish roots. Manuel wrote several other books including "Las pollos sucios"
Personal life
Manuel Esteban was born [Fontibon]], part of the newly declared Free and Independent State of CundinamarcaFree and Independent State of Cundinamarca
The Free and Independent State of Cundinamarca was a rebel state in modern Colombia between 1810 and 1815 during the Patria Boba period at the beginning of the Latin American wars of independence...
on 25 December 1812. The son of the Spaniards José Francisco Ancízar y Zabaleta and Juana Bernarda Basterra y Abaurrea. On 4 July 1857 he married Agripina Samper Agudelo
Agripina Samper Agudelo
Agripina Casimira de los Dolores Samper Agudelo was a Colombian poet. Member of a literary family, she wrote prose and poetry under her pseudonym "Pía-Rigán", an anagram of her given name.-Personal life:...
, a poet and member of a literary and influential family, and out this marriage were born Roberto (b. 1858), Pablo (b. 1859), Inés (b. 1860), Jorge (b. 1862), and Manuel (b. 1865).