490 HANDBOOK OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



Guia popular ilustrada. Buenos Aires, 1907. 8. 



Price: 25 centavos. 

 Distribution. Exchange. In the trade in Buenos Aires. 



Junta de Historia y Numismatica Americana. 



Address. Buenos Aires. Secretary: Dr. Jose Marco del Pont, Calle 

 Chacabuco, 414. 



History. Founded in 1893 under the name Junta de numismatica ameri- 

 cana as an informal gathering of numismatists ; sphere of activity en- 

 larged later to include history, and present name adopted. Definite or- 

 ganization effected in 1901 and statutes adopted in 1902. 



Object. To promote historical and numismatic studies and intercourse among 



persons interested in them, either within or outside of the country. 

 Meetings. Fortnightly, June or July to Dec., at the house of the Vice-President 

 of the society (Sr. Alejandro Rosa, Calle Peru, no. 543). 



Membership. 33 active (limited to 40) ; u corresponding. No dues. 

 Publications. 



BIBLIOTECA de la Junta de historia y numismatica americana. v. I-III. 

 Buenos Aires, 1903-05. 8. 



Half-title. Each vol. has special t.-p. 



Contents: v. i. Ulrich Schmidel. Viaje al Rio de la Plata (1534-1554) ; notas 



bibliograficas y biograficas por Bartolome Mitre; prologo, traduccion y 



anotaciones por Samuel A. Lafone Quevedo. 1903. v. 2-3. Historia de 



las revoluciones de la provincia del Paraguay (1721-1735); obra inedita 



por Pedro Lozano. 2 v. (t. r. Antequera. t. 2. Los Comuneros.) 1905. 



Distribution. On sale by Cabaut y cia, Libreria del Colegio, Calle Alsina no. 500, 



Buenos Aires. 



Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 



Address. Calle Peru 208, Buenos Aires. Director: Florentine Ame- 

 ghino. 



History. Founded in 1823 as Museo publico de Buenos Aires in connec- 

 tion with a school for instruction in the physical sciences, from which 

 it was separated in 1826. Brought into intimate relations with the 

 University through the foundation in 1854 of the Sociedad de Amigos 

 de la Historia Natural del Plata, whose object was to secure the growth 

 and development of the museum, and whose president was the Rector 

 of the University, ex officio. Under the administration of Dr. Bur- 

 meister (appointed director in 1862) the museum was transformed 

 from a simple cabinet of natural objects and curios into a scientific 

 institution, especially noteworthy for its ornithological, entomological, 

 and paleontological collections. Dr. Burmeister was succeeded, upon his 



An earlier organization in this field, Institute Bonarense de Numismatica y 

 Antigiiedades, was founded in 1872 and dissolved before the end of 1875. Publ.: 

 Boletin mensual, no. 1-5, June-Oct. 1874. 



