The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 TOPOGRAPHY OF URUGUAY. 837 military post to cut out the Portuguese, who were threatening to seize the east bank of the estuary. The first colonists arrived from Galicia and the Canaries in 1726, and grouped themselves round the little fort. Then the abolition of the commercial monopoly of Cadiz, in 1778, followed by the opening of the port of Monte Video to free trade, at once attracted numerous settlers, and at the end of the century the new seaport already took the first place amongst the marit
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 TOPOGRAPHY OF URUGUAY. 837 military post to cut out the Portuguese, who were threatening to seize the east bank of the estuary. The first colonists arrived from Galicia and the Canaries in 1726, and grouped themselves round the little fort. Then the abolition of the commercial monopoly of Cadiz, in 1778, followed by the opening of the port of Monte Video to free trade, at once attracted numerous settlers, and at the end of the century the new seaport already took the first place amongst the maritime cities of South America. At that time its exchanges were valued at £1,400,000. Fig. 140.—Montevideo Scale 1 : ]00,œo. 56*I5' West or breenwtch 56'i0' 0to6 Feet. Depths. 6 to IS Feet. 16 Feet and upwards. 2i Miles. Then followed the turbulent days of the Revolution and Independence, in which Monte Video suffered more than any other place in Plate regions. For nine years (1842-51), the Colorados or ' Reds,' with Garibaldi's Italians and the French Basques, valiantly defended this ' New Troy,' against Rosas' lieutenant, Oribe. After the disaster of Monte Caseros, the Plateaus were compelled to raise the siege and proclaim the free navigation of the rivers, for which the capital of Uruguay was contending against Buenos Ayres. Since this triumph Monte Video has continued to expand, and is now believed
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