. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 84 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Recent Events. In 1680 the Portuguese had already founded the city of Sacramento, on the right bank of the Plate river, where now stands the old Portuguese "colony" of Colonia. For nearly a century the two rival Powers contended for tins impor- tant station, which eventually remained with the Spaniards. The joeriod of transition followino: the revolution of Buenos Aires and the risins^ of the Creole population enabled the Portuguese to recover the Banda Oriental, a territory which has now become the republic of
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 84 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. Recent Events. In 1680 the Portuguese had already founded the city of Sacramento, on the right bank of the Plate river, where now stands the old Portuguese "colony" of Colonia. For nearly a century the two rival Powers contended for tins impor- tant station, which eventually remained with the Spaniards. The joeriod of transition followino: the revolution of Buenos Aires and the risins^ of the Creole population enabled the Portuguese to recover the Banda Oriental, a territory which has now become the republic of Uruguay, and for some years Brazil remained in possession of the whole of the " Cis-Platine " province. But the Fig. 28.—Colonia del Saceaiteivto. Scale 1 : 950, West or breenwich Depths. m 0 to 16 Feet. 16 Feet aid upwards. • Lighthouse. 18 Miles. inhabitants, nearly all of Sj^anish descent and speech, -soon rose against the rule of the Lusitanians, and after a war of three years, in which they were joined by the Buenos Aires people, they achieved their independence. Since then (1828) Uruguay has preserved its autonomy, thanks to the natural rivalries of its two powerful northern and southern neighbours. In the south-west the Brazilians became involved in other conflicts, here contending not for the natural frontier formed by the Paraguay-Parana confluence but for the maintenance of their present frontiers, and to prevent the prepon- derance of Paraguay, which, under the dictatorship of Solano Lopez, threatened. 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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