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In what ways has Anchieta influenced Brazilian and Canarian history?

  • Through his works in literature, language, religion, and city founding

  • As a military leader

  • As a business tycoon

  • As an explorer

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Anchieta has had a great influence on Brazilian and Canarian history through his works in literature, language, religion, and city founding. His poetry, plays, and prose were popular in his day and have continued to be read and studied. He also wrote a grammar of the Tupi language, which was the first grammar of a Native American language.
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