Genesis of a Governorate: the encomiendas of Buenos Aires (1580-1617)

At the South of the Spanish Empire, River Plate’s area was the far-off Habsbourg’s bastion. Until 1617 it was under Paraguay’s governorship jurisdiction and by Buenos Aires’ governorship since then. From 1580 Juan de Garay’s team through encomienda system built a settlement. This paper deals with th...

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Autores principales: Quiroga, Gabriela de las Mercedes, de Vera de Saporiti, Araceli Nieves
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Estudios Históricos Profesor Carlos S. A. Segreti 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuarioceh/article/view/23170
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Sumario:At the South of the Spanish Empire, River Plate’s area was the far-off Habsbourg’s bastion. Until 1617 it was under Paraguay’s governorship jurisdiction and by Buenos Aires’ governorship since then. From 1580 Juan de Garay’s team through encomienda system built a settlement. This paper deals with the development process of such a settlement for the earlier period. Beginning from the arrival, we intent to indentify the encomenderos and their position when Buenos Aires’ governorship was established.