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Realm · 1811–1833

Río de la Plata

Río de la Plata appears on the map from 1811 to 1833. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1811, it covered about 1.68 million km².

One of the realms of Argentina. Buenos Aires deposed its Spanish viceroy in the May Revolution of 1810, and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata declared independence at Tucumán in 1816. José de San Martín led armies across the Andes to free Chile and Peru, while Paraguay, Bolivia and Uruguay went their own ways.

See Río de la Plata on the map in 1811

Reference map: PuntaColares MuratureJose 1865
Reference map: PuntaColares MuratureJose 1865 José Murature (died 1880) · Public domain
On the map
1811–1833
Greatest extent
1811, about 1.68 million km²
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Wikipedia: Río de la Plata · Wikidata Q35827

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
18111.68 million km²
1812–18131.68 million km²
18141.22 million km²
1815–1819905,805 km²
1820–18211.39 million km²
1822–18271.41 million km²
1828–18291.41 million km²
1830–18331.41 million km²

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