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W. A. Hirst. Argentina
Argentina
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE COUNTRY—ITS FOUR DIVISIONS—THE RIVERS—THE CLIMATE
CHAPTER II. EARLIEST HISTORY AND ETHNOLOGY
CHAPTER III. THE EUROPEAN CONQUEST
CHAPTER IV. THE SPANISH DOMINION
CHAPTER V. THE SPANISH COLONIAL SYSTEM
CHAPTER VI. THE ENGLISH FAILURE IN ARGENTINA
CHAPTER VII. THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER VIII. ANARCHY AND DESPOTISM—THE WAR WITH PARAGUAY
CHAPTER IX. MODERN ARGENTINA—SETTLEMENT AND PROGRESS
CHAPTER X. THE CONSTITUTION—THE ARMY AND NAVY—GENERAL POLITICAL CONDITIONS
CHAPTER XI. CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE—WAGES AND COST OF LIVING—IMMIGRATION
CHAPTER XII. BUENOS AIRES
CHAPTER XIII. ARGENTINE LIFE IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
CHAPTER XIV. RELIGION—EDUCATION—JOURNALISM AND LITERATURE
CHAPTER XV. INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINA—RAILWAYS AND MINOR ENTERPRISES
CHAPTER XVI. THE PASTORAL INDUSTRIES OF ARGENTINA
CHAPTER XVII. COMMERCE AND FINANCE
CHAPTER XVIII. AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER XIX. BAHIA BLANCA AND PATAGONIA
CHAPTER XX. ACROSS THE CONTINENT TO MENDOZA UNDER THE ANDES
CHAPTER XXI. THE PARANA, ROSARIO, AND SANTA FÉ
CHAPTER XXII. THE GRAN CHACO AND THE NORTHERN TOWNS
CHAPTER XXIII. INFORMATION FOR ENGLISH TRAVELLERS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
HISTORICAL
GENERAL
INDEX
FOOTNOTES:
THE SOUTH AMERICAN SERIES
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W. A. Hirst
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The river system of Argentina, which is perhaps the most remarkable physical feature of the country, next demands our attention. All the Argentine rivers find their way into the Atlantic, but all are insignificant compared with the marvellous confluence of mighty streams in the Plate estuary. The Parana rises in far-away Brazilian mountains, and is already a noble stream when it reaches the north-eastern confines of Paraguay. Flowing southward it then, for more than 100 miles, serves as the boundary between Paraguay and Brazil, and from the point where it is joined by the Iguazu River it becomes an Argentine stream, and, inclining more and more to the west, it is now the boundary between Argentine and Paraguay. At Corrientes it unites with the Paraguay River and flows almost due south, running into the Plate estuary at the same point as the Uruguay. Few rivers can match the Parana in majesty; at Rosario it is 20 miles wide, and would give the impression of the broad sea were it not for the cluster of poplar-clad islands which intercept the view. In thus tracing the course of the Parana we have mentioned only a few of the innumerable streams of the system in which it takes the most conspicuous part; the waters drain the south of Brazil, the whole of Uruguay and Paraguay, the fertile districts of Argentina, and even portions of Bolivia. The Parana—the Nile of the West—debouches through fourteen channels; it has a drainage area of 1,198,000 square miles, and the discharge of each twenty-four hours is sufficient to create a lake a mile square and 1,650 feet deep.[8] Subordinate to the Parana are several Argentine systems which deserve mention. The provinces of Corrientes and Entre Rios, called the Argentine Mesopotamia, are drained by the Corrientes, the Saranai, and the Gualeguay, which last falls eventually not into the Parana but the Pavon, a curious channel which runs parallel with the lower course of the great river for a considerable distance.
RIVER LANDING STAGE.
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