. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 296 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. population to Uruguay, Laving (1893) not more than 530,000 inhabitants scattered over an area of nearly 100,000 square niiles. Most of this region is, in fact, an uninhabited wilderness, and the settled part is confined to a narrow enclave on the river between the desert and the forest. Asuncion, the capital, is enclosed by a semi-oval tract of cultivated land some 2,000 square miles in extent, and to this tract the true Paraguay is at present mainly limited. A small town and a few forest clearings are the only traces of
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 296 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. population to Uruguay, Laving (1893) not more than 530,000 inhabitants scattered over an area of nearly 100,000 square niiles. Most of this region is, in fact, an uninhabited wilderness, and the settled part is confined to a narrow enclave on the river between the desert and the forest. Asuncion, the capital, is enclosed by a semi-oval tract of cultivated land some 2,000 square miles in extent, and to this tract the true Paraguay is at present mainly limited. A small town and a few forest clearings are the only traces of man on the banks of the Fig. 126.—FoEMEE Limits Claimed and Peesext Limits of Paeaguay. Scale 1 : 14,000,000. • ' ,-^orumba B 0( L 1 V t A Bahia Neë'-a^^oi m bra. Territory formerly claimed. Present Territory. 310 Miles. Parana. And this narrow domain enjoys little more than a nominal indepen- dence. In case of ruptare with any of her powerful neighbours, Paraguay would be utterly helpless in the presence of her former conqueiors. Progress of Discovery. From the early days of the Spanish occupation Paraguay had attracted explorers, and the foundation of the city of Asuncion is even anterior to the definite settlement of Buenos Ayres. The colony of Paraguay had already been constituted in 1536, under Juan de Ayolas, and nearly the whole space at present. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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