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.