CHAPTER XI 



ARGENTINA 



" English and Irish, French and Spanish, 

 Germans, Italians, Dutch and Danish, 

 Crossing their veins until they \ 7 anish 

 In one conglomeration." Saxe. 



IF an outline map of Argentina were to be superimposed 

 upon a map of North America, drawn to the same 

 scale, with its southern extremity resting upon the 

 southern tip of Florida, the northern part of Argentina 

 would overlap the greater part of Labrador. The 

 territory of the Argentine Republic extends from south 

 to north almost as far as it is from Key West to Davis 

 Strait. The area covered by the republic is equal in 

 size to all of the territory of the United States east of a 

 meridian drawn through St. Joseph, Missouri. As 

 great a range of climate as that which prevails between 

 Cuba and Labrador exists in Argentina. Tierra del 

 Fuego has a climate like that of northern Norway and 

 Sweden, but moister, and therefore less agreeable; 

 while the Territory of Chaco in northern Argentina 

 reaches into the tropics and has a very hot climate. 

 The greater part of Argentina lies within the South 

 Temperate Zone. Buenos Aires, the capital, is located 

 on almost the same parallel of latitude as Capetown, 

 the metropolis of South Africa, and the republic 



extends twelve hundred miles south of this point, so 



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