Project Gutenberg 2006-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 97 Viedma, Francisco de 1737 1809 Memoria dirigida al Sr. Marquez de Loreto, Virey y Capitan General de las Provincias del Rio de La Plata Produced by Chuck Greif, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Memoria dirigida al Sr. Marquez de Loreto, Virey y Capitan General de las…", written by D. Francisco de Viedma, is a historical account produced in the early 19th century. The book presents an in-depth analysis of the challenges and potential benefits associated with the establishment of settlements along the Patagonian coast. It reflects the author's insights and advocacy for the region during a time when colonial governance was being reevaluated following the independence movements in South America. The narrative combines historical detail with personal commentary as Viedma outlines the earlier attempts to colonize Patagonia and the obstacles that thwarted these efforts, such as lack of resources, inadequate planning, and cultural resistance from indigenous populations. Through examples of previous expeditions and settlements, he emphasizes the economic and strategic benefits that could arise from successful colonization. He presents a plan that includes agricultural development, commercial ventures like whale fishing, and the establishment of fortified positions to protect against indigenous threats. Overall, Viedma's work serves both as a plea for renewed attention to the Patagonian region and as a critique of colonial management practices of the time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 34.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. es Argentina -- History -- 1776-1810 Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- History F2801 Text Argentina Category: History - Other Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 105836 2025-07-08T06:15:28.897917 text/html 107797 2006-07-09T13:09:14 text/html 151037 2025-07-08T06:15:34.994910 application/epub+zip 150503 2025-07-08T06:15:32.397904 application/epub+zip 101027 2025-07-08T06:15:31.226925 application/epub+zip 387160 2025-07-08T06:15:36.963883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 374975 2025-07-08T06:15:34.220910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 120514 2022-09-09T05:55:33.374960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 97891 2025-07-08T06:15:28.624950 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 96795 2006-07-09T13:09:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19989 2025-07-08T06:15:37.086870 application/rdf+xml 26593 2025-07-08T06:15:31.713915 image/jpeg 4748 2025-07-08T06:15:31.468894 image/jpeg 36189 2006-07-09T13:09:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 38216 2006-07-09T13:09:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 150587 2025-07-08T06:15:28.907937 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog es.wikipedia