(3.) Tucuman, the capital of which was St. Iago del Estero, and which included what are to-day the Argentine provinces of Cordova, Tucuman, St. Iago, Salta, Catamarca, Rioja, and Jujuy;
(4). Las Charcas or Potosí, the capital of which was La Plata, and which now forms the Republic of Bolivia; and
(5.) Chiquito or Cuyo, the capital of which was Mendoza, and in which were comprehended the present Argentine provinces of St. Luiz, Mendoza, and St. Juan.
Note.—This chapter is founded on “Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata,” by Sir Woodbine Parish, 1839;
Falkner’s “Patagonia” (Latin); England, 1774;
“Rio de La Plata” by Felix Azaro; Paris, 1809;
Dean Funes’s “History of Paraguay,” &c.; Buenos Ayres, 1816.
CHAPTER XIV.
BRAZIL; THE WAR OF THE SEVEN REDUCTIONS.
1750-1761.
1750.