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An account of the European settlements in America. Containing an accurate description of their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius, and dispositions of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other / By Edmund Burke.

Edmund Burke

Date:: 1808

Credit: An account of the European settlements in America. Containing an accurate description of their extent, climate, productions, trade, genius, and dispositions of their inhabitants, the interests of the several powers of Europe with respect to those settlements; and their political and commercial views with regard to each other / By Edmund Burke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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fale] tremely fertile in most things; but, contrary to the general nature of America, destitute of woods; this want they endeavour to supply by plantations of every kind of fruit trees; all which thrive here to admiration. The air is remarkably sweet and seretie, and the waters of the great river are equally pure and wliolesome; they an- nually overflow their banks; and, on their re- cess, leave them enriched with a slime, which produces the greatest plenty of whatever is com- mitted to it. The principal town 1s Buenos Ayres, on the south side of the river ; it was so called upon ac- count of the excellence of the air. This town is the only place of trafiick to the southward of Brazil; yet its trade, considering the rich and extensive country to which it 1s the avenue, is very considerable. No regular fleet comes here, as to the other parts of Spanish America; two, or at most three, register ships make the whole of their regular intercourse with Europe. Their returns are very valuable, consisting chiefly of gold, silver, sugar, and hides. I cannot learn that they have opened any considerable mines in this province; but it is’ probable there are rich ones in the provinces which lie to the eastward of the Andes; besides, it is certain that a good deal of gold is returned from Chili, for the mules, cattle,

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