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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.


PART II.

SOUTH AMERICAN DOMINIONS.

(CONTINUED.)

[Captain Generalship of Caraccas], Boundaries and ExtentPage 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 Extent155
[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 Place]s311
[Summary of the Population]319
[Wealth and Revenue]320
[Index]321