Sir Woodbine Parish served many years as British chargé d’affaires in Buenos Aires and negotiated Britain’s treaty with the new republic. His 1839 survey describes the River Plate, the city’s people and climate, the provinces, their trade and debts, and the progress of exploration in the interior, down to the ants of the flooded Xarayes.
A valuable early English account of independent Argentina for readers of Latin American history. Download the free EPUB.