A Journey into the Past: The Beginnings (II)

El Sur del Sur: The Southernmost South
History of Argentina: Conquest and colonization (II)
A Journey into the Past

Buenos Aires foundation.
Oil painting, Moreno Carbonero.

The definitive founding of Buenos Aires took place in 1580, by Juan de Garay, who in turn colonized most of the Argentine territory.

The governorship was divided into two intendances in 1617, Asunción and Buenos Aires. From then on, different governors succeeded and the missionary activity became stronger. The rivalry between Spain and Portugal about the American colonies increased.

Meanwhile, after the establishment of the Virreinato del Río de la Plata in 1776, these lands began to stand out as a political and economic unit of some relevance, a fact which did not pass unnoticed for British eyes. Furthermore, the decline of the Spanish empire brought about the attempted invasions by England in 1806 and 1807. Nevertheless, the sudden English attack ended in failure thanks to the strong resistance by the natives, who had begun to feel that these lands were their own.

English Invasion. Watercolor drawing.

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