The History of Argentine Literature

Argentina is the second largest country in South America, with a population of 46 million plus. The Spanish Empire controlled South America into the 17th century. Argentina was split off the vice royalty of the Rio de la Plata from Peru in 1776. It would later repel two different British invasions in 1806 and 1807. In 1880 there were almost as many people immigrating to their U.S. neighbor as they did to the United States.