The American continent ends to the south in a point, at whose extreme end the Strait of Magellan is formed. To the west, and at a short distance from the Pacific, the Chilean Andes run parallel to the coast. The land that lies to the east of that chain of mountains and to the west of the Atlantic, following the Rmo de la Plata toward the interior upstream along the Uruguay, is the territory formerly called the United Provinces of the Rmo de la ... read full excerpt from Facundo: Or, Civilization and Barbarism ebook
