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| The Way We Are | |
| THE SPANISH CONQUEST | |
Engraving. Theodor Galle |
 Those
white men were sometimes supreme beings coming from heaven to the natives.
Gods who brought progress in their baggage, but also syphilis and gunpowder.
Between the 16th century and 1810 three populating movements developed:
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 Attack on Buenos Aires. Engraving, detail. |
East populating movement It
came from Spain and arrived by way of the Plata and Paraná
Rivers. It was the most important one because of its continuity and
the cities founded, such as Buenos Aires, Asunción del
Paraguay, Santa Fe, Corrientes and Paraná.
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 Spanish pikemen. F. Paucke |
North populating movement It
came down from Peru and arrived by way of the Quebrada de Humahuaca
giving rise to the cities of Santiago del Estero, San Miguel de
Tucumán, Córdoba, Salta, San Fernando
del Valle de Catamarca, La Rioja and San Salvador de Jujuy.
Its main characteristic was an urban and cultural development with populational
settlement and economic growth. |
 Spanish soldiers. F. Paucke |
West movement It
came from Chile giving rise to the cities of Mendoza, San
Juan and San Luis. But once the Viceroyalty of the Plata River
was established, it began decaying as a populational conglomerate. |
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