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The History of Paraguay, With Notes of Personal Observations, and Reminiscences of Diplomacy Under, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)
The History of Paraguay With Notes of Personal Observations and Reminiscences of Diplomacy Under Vol 1 of 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Charles A. Washburn I ntroductory. Discovery of Paraguay byS ebastian Cabot. Antecedents of Cabot. Origin of theN ameR io de laP lata. San Espiritu. The City of the Cesars. Cabot returns to Spain, 1530. His Character and Death. Expedition of Don Pedro de Mendoza in 1534. Unpopularity of Mendoza. Buenos A ires. Difficulties with theN atives. Famine and Pestilence. C... more »orpus Cristi. Efforts to establish Communication with Peru. Death of Mendoza. Domingo Martinez de I rala. First Settlement of A suncion. Plague of Locusts. Ruiz de Galan. Internal Dissensions. Battle with the Payaguas. Treachery. Battle with the Guaranis. Miraculous I nterference. I rala chosen Governor. Arrival of Emigrants. Colonists united in A suncion. Favorable Prospects. TILL within a few years the country of which I propose to write was so little known that but few people could tell anything more of it than that a region called Paraguay existed, and was to be found on all the maps of South A merica. Of the general aspect of this country and its history the popular knowledge was limited to traditions of its settlement byS panish colonists, of the establishment of a religious order within its borders, which flourished for a time and was then expelled, to be succeeded by the reign of a gloomy despot, who made the land one vast prison-house, over which he ruled with a rod of iron.
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