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Buenos Aires as Seen by British Travelers, 1810–1860

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

S. Samuel Trifilo
S. Samuel Trifilo*
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Until the unsuccessful British invasion of Argentina in 1806-1807, Buenos Aires had been, for the non-Spanish peoples of the world, a mysterious, strange, unknown city, thousands of miles across the ocean. Except for a shipwrecked sailor or two, few Englishmen had had the opportunity of seeing that old colonial city prior to that time. Due to Spain's monopolistic trade policies with respect to her American possessions, trade with the New World, and even the right to reside there, except for a relatively brief period under Charles V, had been reserved for the subjects of the Spanish Crown.

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Research Article
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The Americas , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , July 1958 , pp. 37 - 59
Copyright
Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1958

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