Charcas
Americannoun
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The image of a roan horse on the vacant lot at Serrano and Charcas?
From Time Magazine Archive
He was accompanied by a monk of the Dominican order, named father Martin, who was regent of his order, and whom his majesty soon after appointed to the bishopric of las Charcas.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal
When Charcas fell under the control of the viceroy of Peru, Paraguay set up a regime for itself.
From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)
The court at Charcas, hearing of this folly, sent an order to the Governor to send the Jesuits back.
From A Vanished Arcadia: being some account of the Jesuits in Paraguay 1607-1767 by Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine)
The region between the Paraguay and the Paraná rivers was made a separate province, directly dependent upon the Viceroy at Lima and the Audiencia at Charcas in Bolivia.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.
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