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Page 263 - Clay, of the house of representatives of the United States, by stating that, " The Republic of the United Provinces of South America comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778 ; it extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude, [nearly ten degrees north of Magellan's Strait,] from the left margin of the Lake Titicaca on the north, to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
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Page 264 - ... America, comprehends, with some exceptions, the same territory as the viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata, which was established in 1778. It extends from the 16th to the 45th degree of south latitude; from the left margin of the lake Titicaca, which lies between the two cordilleras of Peru, on the north, and to the coast of Patagonia on the south.
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| Title | Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, Volume 2 Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and Rio de la Plata, William Parish Robertson |
| Authors | John Parish Robertson, William Parish Robertson |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1843 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2007 |
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