Chapter I: Part II: South American Dominions

(CONTINUED.)

CAPTAIN GENERALSHIP OF CARACCAS, Boundaries
and Extent Page 1
Political and Territorial Divisions, Government 2
Discovery, History 2
Capital 4
Description of the Features, &c. of the Country 8
Province of New Andalusia 18
---- New Barcelona 18
Features, Climate, &c. 25
Province of Venezuela and Coro 43
---- Maracaybo 58
---- Varinas 65
---- Spanish Guiana 69
Government of the Island of Margarita 73

VICEROYALTY OF PERU 75
Extent and Boundaries 75
Political and Territorial Divisions, Government, &c. 76
Discovery, History, &c. 83
Intendancy of Truxillo 120
---- Tarma 126
---- Lima 130
---- Guancavelica 134
Intendancy of Guamanga 138
---- Cuzco 140
---- Arequipa 147

VICEROYALTY OF BUENOS AYRES OR LA PLATA,
Boundaries and Extent 155
Political and Territorial Divisions, Government,
History, Discovery, &c. 156
Features, Climate, &c. 161
Commerce and Resources 167
Government of Los Charcas or Potosi 171
---- Paraguay 195
History, Discovery, &c. 195
---- Tucuman 204
---- Cuyo or Cujo 215
---- Buenos Ayres 220
History, &c. 220
Climate, Features, &c. 222

CAPTAIN GENERALSHIP OF CHILI 230
Extent and Boundaries 230
Political and Territorial Divisions and Government 231
Discovery, and History 231
Climate, Features, &c. 245
Population 253
Animals 253
Continental Provinces of Chili 264
Province of Copiapo 265
---- Coquimbo 265
---- Quillota 267
---- Aconcagua 269
---- Melipilla 270
---- Santiago 271
---- Rancagua 272
---- Colchagua 273
---- Maule 274
---- Itata 276
---- Chillan 276
---- Puchacay 277
---- Huilquilemu 279

INSULAR CHILI 282
Archipelago of Chiloe 283

ARAUCANIA OR INDIAN CHILI 287

ISLANDS ON THE COASTS of Spanish South America 294

Plate and Description of comparative Altitudes of the
Mountains 301

List of Works on or relating to Spanish America,
quoted in this publication, &c. 305

Table of the Latitudes and Longitudes of the principal
Places 311

Summary of the Population 319

Wealth and Revenue 320

INDEX 321

ERRATA.

Pages 27, line 18, for _Angelo_ read _Antonio_.

28, 10, _for_ converziones _read_ conversaziones.

82, 22, _for_ omomum _read_ amomum.

127, 3, from bottom, _for_ Tarmu _read_ Tarma.

164, 8, _for_ Uraguay _read_ Uruguay.

182, 11, from bottom, _for_ Neustra _read_ Nuestra.

250, 4, from bottom _for_ Totten _read_ Tolten.

251, 3, _for_ Caquil _read_ Caguil.

278, 2 and 4, _for_ Lautro _read_ Lautaro.

SPANISH AMERICA.