page_title: Governorate of the Río de la Plata
section_title: Governors of Rio de la Plata
hierarchical_section_title: Governorate of the Río de la Plata / Governors of Rio de la Plata
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Až do 18. století byla španělská část Jižní Ameriky soustředěna do jednoho místokrálovství Peru. English: The audiencias of the Viceroyalty of Peru c.1650. Territorial divisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru as described by the laws compiled in the Recopilación of 1680. Italiano: Le audiencias del Vicereame del Perù (1650 circa). Quella di Charcas è nella sezione 2[1]. Lietuvių: Vicekaralystės audiencijos. 1. Panamá2. Santa Fé de Bogotá3. Quito4. Lima5. La Plata de Los Charcas6. Chile
context_page_description: The Governorate of the Río de la Plata was one of the governorates of the Spanish Empire. It was created in 1549 by Spain in the area around the Río de la Plata.
  It was at first simply a renaming of the New Andalusia Governorate and included all of the land between 470 and 670 leagues south of the mouth of the Río Santiago along the Pacific coast. After 1617, Paraguay was separated under a separate administration
  After the founding of the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1542, the governorate was since its birth under its authority until the formation of the independent Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata in 1776. Similarly, it was under the jurisdiction of the Royal Audience of Charcas until the formation of the independent Royal Audience of Buenos Aires from 1661 to 1671 and after 1783.
context_section_description: Governor Hernando Arias de Saavedra (1617–1618).
  Governor Diego de Góngora (1618–1623). Found guilty post mortem of corruption, allowing trade in slaves and contraband to flourish.
  Governor Alonso Pérez de Salazar (1623–1624).
  Governor Francisco de Céspedes (1624–1631). Continued efforts to pacify the Charrua.
  Governor Pedro Esteban Dávila (1631–1637). Concepción del Bermejo destroyed by natives.
  Governor Mendo de la Cueva y Benavidez (1637–1640). Defense of Buenos Aires improved. Expedition against the Calchaquís. Fort Santa Teresa erected.
  Governor Ventura Mojica (or Mujica) (1640–1641).
  Governor Andrés de Sandoval (1641).
  Governor Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera (1641–1645). Ban of Portuguese attempted in governorate.
  Governor Jacinto Lariz (1645–1653). Arrested.
  Governor Pedro Baigorrí Ruiz (1653–1660). Three French ships successfully repelled from Buenos Aires. Calchaquís repelled from Santa Fe.
  Governor Alonso Mercado y Villacorta (1660–1663). Request to be able to send two trade ships annually denied. Dutch ships permitted to dock in Buenos Aires.
  Governor Juan Martínez de Salazar (1663–1674). Continued requests for free commerce. The Royal Audience of Buenos Aires briefly independent of the court at Charcas.
  Governor Andrés de Robles (1674–1678).
  Governor José de Garro (1678–1682). Portuguese expelled from Colonia de Sacramento in 1680.
  Governor José Antonio de Herrera y Sotomayor (1682–1691). Tucuman relocated.
  Governor Agustín de Robles (1691–1698).
  Governor Manuel de Prado y Maldonado (1698–1704). Visit from Danish squadron in Buenos Aires.
  Governor Alonso Juan de Valdés e Inclán (1704–1708). Colonia de Sacramento retaken.
  Governor Manuel de Velasco y Tejada (1708–1712). Purchased office for 3000 pesos. Arrested.
  Governor Juan José de Muliloa (1712).
  Governor Alonso de Arce y Soria (1712–1714). Buys the position for 18,000 pesos. Dies five months later.
  Governor José Bermúdez de Castro (1714–1715).
  Governor Baltasar García Ros (1715–1717). Colonia del Sacramento returned to the Portuguese. Campaigns against the Charrua, Yaro, and Bohanes.
  Governor Bruno Mauricio de Zabala (1717–1734). Portuguese removed from Montevideo.
  Governor Miguel de Salcedo y Sierraalta (1734–1742). Expulsion of foreigners from Buenos Aires ordered. Failed attempt to retake Colonia del Sacramento.
  Governor Domingo Ortíz de Rozas (1742–1745). Refortified Montevideo.
  Governor José de Andonaegui (1745–1756). First mail delivery opened with Chile and Potosí.
  Governor Pedro Antonio de Cevallos (or Ceballos) (1756–1766). Colonia del Sacramento retaken.
  Governor Francisco de Paula Bucarelli y Ursúa (1766–1770). English expelled from the Falkland Islands. Mail inaugurated between A Coruña and the Río de la Plata.
  Governor Juan José de Vértiz y Salcedo (1770–1776). After which, the governorate is replaced by the Viceroyalty and Intendancy of Buenos Aires in the Bourbon reforms.
caption: The audiencias of the Viceroyalty of Peru c.1650. The Audience of Charcas is section 5.[1]
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