Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata / Their Present State, Trade, and Debt

by Sir Woodbine Parish

No. 7.—Some Fixed Points in the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata.

Province of Buenos Ayres.

Place.	S. Latitude.			Longitude.			Where from.	Observations.
	°	´	"	°	´	"
Centre of the City of Buenos Ayres	34	36	29	58	23	34	Greenwich
Anchorage of H. M. S Nereus in the Outer Roads in 1813	34	34	30	58	2	0	"	Variation 12½° E.—1813
Luxan	34	38	36	1	1	10	W. of Buenos Ayres
Guardia del Salto	34	18	57	2	14	49	"	Variation 14° 39´ E.—1796
Fort Roxas	34	11	48	2	41	39	"
Fort Mercedes	33	55	18	3	4	14	"
Fort Melinqué	33	42	24	3	30	38	"
Corzo, near the Lake (source of the Salado) }	34	4	55	3	36	32	"
Lake Roxas	34	19	7	3	2	56	"
Lake Carpincho	34	35	31	2	52	44	"
Lake Toro-Moro	34	49	1	2	38	30	"
Lake Palentalen	35	10	15	2	6	34	"
Lake de los Huesos	35	14	30	1	34	44	"
Lake del Trigo	35	14	3	1	14	54	"
Cisne	35	46	0	0	20	5	E. of ditto
Manantiales de Porongos	35	54	50	0	1	55	"
Lake Camerones Grandes	36	0	59	0	9	19	"
Altos de Troncoso	36	5	30	0	10	55	"
Fort Chascomus	35	33	5	0	22	20	"
Fort Ranchos	35	30	46	0	3	20	"
Lake Ceajo	35	29	49	0	16	40	W. of ditto
Guardia del Monte	35	26	7	0	31	10	"
Guardia de Lobos	35	16	7	0	52	10	"
Fort Navarro	35	0	13	1	3	25	"
N.B. The above positions from Luxan to Navarro were determined in the course of a survey of the frontiers, made in 1796 by Don Felix Azara, aided by Cerviño and Inciarte, all officers attached to the Commission for laying down the boundaries under the treaty, between Spain and Portugal, of 1777. The Statistical Register of Buenos Ayres, for 1822, has added to them the following:—
San Pedro	33	40	51	1	32	0	"
Barradero	33	43	50	1	25	4	"
Conchas	34	25	15	0	10	31	"
Pergamino	33	53	16	2	24	25	"
Areco	34	11	57	1	26	47	"
Arecife (Fort)	34	3	8	2	6	13	"
Pilar	34	26	4	0	52	54	"
Cañada de Moron	34	40	45	0	23	49	"
Magdalena	35	5	29	0	44	0	E. of ditto

No. 7—continued.

Observations taken on the Journey of Don Pedro Garcia, in 1810, to the Salinas.

Place.	S. Latitude.			Longitude.			Where from.	Observations.
	°	´	"	°	´	"
Pass of the Salado	35	2	0	1	56	0	Buenos Ayres
Palantalen	35	12	0	2	7	0	"
Lakes Tres Hermanas	35	23	0	2	16	0	"
Cruz de Guerra	35	41	0	2	24	0	"
Cabeza del Buey	36	10	0	2	52	0	"
First Lake of the Cañada Larga	36	38	0	3	24	0	"
Lake del Monte	36	53	0	3	57	0	"
Lake da los Paraguayos	36	58	0	4	12	0	"
Lake of the Salinas (centre)	37	13	0	4	51	0	"
Positions fixed on the Expedition in 1823, to extend the Frontiers.
Fort on the Tandil	37	21	43	0	39	4	"	Variation 14° 59´ E.—1823.
Lake beyond the Tinta hills	37	40	3	1	27	0	"
Another further on	37	44	7	2	0	7	"	Var. 15° 18´ E.
Ruins of the Jesuit Mission	37	59	48		"
By the Officers of His Majesty's Ship Beagle, in 1832.
Cape Corrientes	38	5	30	57	29	15	Greenwich
Sierra Ventana, highest summit	38	11	45	61	56	18	"
Fort Argentine, near Bahia Blanca	38	43	50	62	14	41	"
On the River Negro.
Pilot's house at the entrance of the River Negro	41	0	42	62	46	15	"	Var. 17° 42´ E. 1832.
Town of Carmen on ditto	40	48	18	62	58	0	"
East end of the Islands of Choleechel	39	0	0				"	by Villariño, in 1782.
Junction of the River Neuquen	38	44	0	"
Junction of the River Encarnacion }	40	6	0	"
Villariños, furthest up the Catapuliché	39	33	0	"

No. 7—continued.

Positions on the road from Buenos Ayres to Chile, fixed in 1794 by Bauza and Espinosa, Officers attached to Malaspina's Surveying Expedition.

Place.	S. Latitude.			Longitude.			Where from.	Observations.
	°	´	"	°	´	"
Post of Portezuelas	33	53	0				Greenwich
Do. of Desmochados	33	10	0				"
Do. of Sanjon, on the River Tercero	32	40	0	61	45	0	"
Pass on the Tercero	32	23	30				"
San Luis de la Punta	33	18	0	65	47	0	"
Pass of the Desaguadero	33	26	0				"
Mendoza	32	52	0	69	6	0	"
Uspallata	32	33	20				"
St. Jago de Chile	33	26	0	70	46	0	"
Provincial Towns.
Cordova	31	26	14	314	36	45	Ferro	M. de Souillae, 1784.
Santiago del Estero	27	47	0				"	Azara.
Tucuman							"
Salta							"
Corrientes	27	27	0	319	55	0	"	ditto.
Assumption	25	16	40	320	12	0	"	ditto.
Affluents of the River Paraguay.
Mouth of the Vermejo	26	54	0					by Azara, in 1785.
Do. of the Tebicuari	26	35	0
Fort Angostura	25	32	0
Mouth of the Pilcomayo	25	21	9
Mouth of the Piray	25	2	0					Quiroga, in 1750
Do. of the Salado	25	1	0
Do. Peribibuy	24	58	0
Do. Mboicay	24	56	0
Do. Ibobi	24	29	0
Do. Quarepoti	24	23	0
Do. Xexui	24	7	0
Do. Ipané-mini	24	2	0
Do. Fogones	23	51	0
Do. Ipané-guazu	23	28	0
Do. Guarambaré	23	8	0
Do. Corrientes	22	2	0
Do. Tepeti	21	45	0
Do. Inboteti	19	20	0
Do. Tacuari	19	0	0
Do. Porrudos	17	52	0
Do. Jaurú	16	25	0	320	10	0	Ferro

No. 7—continued.

Towns in Paraguay.

Place.	S. Latitude.			Longitude.			Where from.	Observations.
	°	´	"	°	´	"
Yaguaron	25	41	15					Azara, in 1785.
Itapé	25	51	14
Cazapa	26	9	53
Yuti	26	36	4
Point of embarkation on the Tebicuari	26	35	21
The Jesuit Missions of the Uruguay and Paranã, as fixed by the Boundary Commissioners, under the Treaty of 1777.
San Ignacio-guazu	26	55	12	321	5	9	Ferro	N.B. The difference adopted between the meridian of Ferro and Paris by the Commissioners, was 20° 30´.
Santa Maria de Fé	26	48	10	321	11	9	"
Santa Rosa	26	53	12	321	14	28	"
Santiago	27	8	40	321	20	14	"
San Cosmo	27	18	55	321	47	53	"
Itapua	27	20	16	322	14 2	"
Candelaria	27	27	14	322	19	30	"
Santa Ana	27	23	40	322	31	23	"
Loreto	27	19	44	322	35	19	"
San Ignacio-mini	27	14	55	322	43	11	"
Corpus	27	7	36	322	36	27	"
Trinidad	27	7	35	322	19	20	"
Jesus	27	2	36	322	17	2	"
San José	27	45	47	322	19	30	"
San Carlos	27	44	36	322	11	1	"
Apostoles	27	54	27	322	19	45	"
Conception	27	58	51	322	33	22	"
Santa Maria Mayor	27	53	34	322	38	59	"
San Xavier	27	51	8	322	49	26	"
Martires	27	50	24	322	36	49	"
San Nicolas	28	11	23	322	44	21	"
San Luis	28	25	41	323	1	23	"
San Lorenzo	28	27	51	323	14	29	"
San Miguel	28	33	13	323	22	24	"
San Juan	28	27	51	323	37	22	"
San Angel	28	18	13	323	47	15	"
San Tomas	28	32	49	322	1	39	"
San Borja	28	39	51	322	4	49	"
La Cruz	29	11	0	321	30	0	"
Yapeyú	29	28	0	321	17	2	"
The Gran Salto, or Great Fall on the Paranã	24	4	58				"	by the Boundary Commissioners, 1788.
N.B. Malaspina's Observations on the Shores of the River Plate, alluded to at page [97], are not inserted, owing to some apparent inaccuracies in the Copy received, which cannot be corrected without further reference to Buenos Ayres.