"Un nuevo puerto para Buenos Aires". La boca del río Salado como alternativa a los bloqueos portuarios en el Río de la Plata (1830-1850)

Abstract

This article presents an analysis of the commerce that took place at the mouth of the Salado River, which was born from the war with the Brazilian Empire (1825-1828) in an alternate port to the one in the provincial capital of Buenos Aires. By delving into sources that have not been explored much by investigations on this subject, we study the various economic activities that took place in this new port—transportation, freight, import, and export— between 1830 and late 1850. Simultaneously, we examine the problems that the need for control over these activities generated for the authorities.

Keywords

• Argentina
• Buenos Aires
• 19th century
• port
• commerce
• blockade