A Five Years' Residence in Buenos Ayres, During the years 1820 to 1825 / Containing Remarks on the Country and Inhabitants; and a Visit to Colonia Del Sacramento

An English resident's detailed travelogue recounts urban life, trade, and governance in Buenos Aires during 1820–1825, describing the port, navigation, customs, public buildings, climate, and promenades. It profiles foreign residents and creole society, treating manners, domestic life, entertainments, religious observances, and slavery. The narrative examines trade, exports and imports, currency, banking, schools, printing, and the press, and documents policing, common crimes, judicial punishments, and social discipline. Political events, public ceremonies, and frequent revolutions are described alongside everyday commerce and transport. An appended practical guide provides rules for the port, pilots, and river navigation.