History of the viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres; containing the most accurate details relative to the topography, history, commerce, population, government, &c&cof that valuable colony . udgment inselecting and arranging them, so as confidently toassert, that what he has written he himself be-lieves to be true. He will feel highly obliged byany communications, either in addition to, or inconfirmation or refutation of, any facts stated byhim, from such of his countrymen who may visitBuenos Ayres; and having the pleasure ofknowing several commercial men who have pro-ceeded thither, he trusts that fro
History of the viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres; containing the most accurate details relative to the topography, history, commerce, population, government, &c&cof that valuable colony . udgment inselecting and arranging them, so as confidently toassert, that what he has written he himself be-lieves to be true. He will feel highly obliged byany communications, either in addition to, or inconfirmation or refutation of, any facts stated byhim, from such of his countrymen who may visitBuenos Ayres; and having the pleasure ofknowing several commercial men who have pro-ceeded thither, he trusts that from the communi-cations he has been promised by them, he will beable to correct such errors into which he may havefallen, in the event of a subsequent edition ofhis work being called for. There remains only now for him to express hisgratitude for the liberal and friendly aid he hasexperienced in compiling this work, from gentle-men both of literary and commercial eminence,whose stores of intelligence have been accessiblein a degree as flattering to his personal feelings,as it has been conducive to any degree of meritwhich his performance may be found to possess. Dec. 20, THE HISTORY OF BUENOS AYRES. CHAP. I. Introduction.—Difficulties of acquiring a knowledgeof the Spanish colonies,—Outline of the plan pur~sued in this zvork. rjpHE importance and interest attached tb thoseextensive and wealthy territories, that areeither actually possessed by, or claimed as appen-dages to, the crown of Spain, in America, havealways been acknowledged ; whilst the want of au-thentic and accurate information respecting them,has been equally deplored by the man of letters, bythe merchant, and by the statesman. The jealousywith which the government of Spain has endea-voured to lock up from the rest of the world everyspecies of information relative to its transatlanticpossessions, is well known. Robertson, whoseindefatigability of research, as an historian,was equivalent to his abilities as
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