Project Gutenberg 2006-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 59 Viedma, Francisco de 1737 1809 Memoria dirigida al Sr. Marquez de Loreto, Virey y Capitan General de las Provincias del Rio de La Plata Reading ease score: 34.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Chuck Greif, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Memoria dirigida al Sr. Marquez de Loreto, Virey y Capitan General de las…", written by D. Francisco de Viedma, is a historical account produced in the early 19th century. The book presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges and potential benefits associated with the establishment of settlements along the Patagonian coast. It reflects the author's insights and advocacy for the region during a time when colonial governance was being reevaluated following the independence movements in South America. The narrative combines historical detail with personal commentary as Viedma outlines the earlier attempts to colonize Patagonia and the obstacles that thwarted these efforts, such as lack of resources, inadequate planning, and cultural resistance from indigenous populations. Through examples of previous expeditions and settlements, he emphasizes the economic and strategic benefits that could arise from successful colonization. He presents a plan that includes agricultural development, commercial ventures like whale fishing, and the establishment of fortified positions to protect against indigenous threats. Overall, Viedma's work serves both as a plea for renewed attention to the Patagonian region and as a critique of colonial management practices of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) es Argentina -- History -- 1776-1810 Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- History F2801 Text Argentina Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 105699 105700 2024-10-08T09:54:55.097500 2023-09-08T11:08:57.731930 text/html text/html 107797 2006-07-09T13:09:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 38216 2006-07-09T13:09:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150954 2024-10-08T09:55:02.054441 application/epub+zip 150506 2024-10-08T09:54:59.101478 application/epub+zip 101029 2024-10-08T09:54:57.767475 application/epub+zip 387192 2024-10-08T09:55:04.292441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374975 2024-10-08T09:55:01.193454 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120514 2022-09-09T05:55:33.374960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97891 97618 2024-10-08T09:54:54.604499 2023-09-08T11:08:57.380928 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 96795 2006-07-09T13:09:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 36189 2006-07-09T13:09:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19870 2024-10-08T09:55:04.423438 application/rdf+xml 26593 2024-10-08T09:54:58.313496 image/jpeg 4748 2024-10-08T09:54:58.038530 image/jpeg 150549 2024-10-08T09:54:55.109489 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog