Argirópolis Explained

Argirópolis
Settlement Type:Proposed city
Etymology:Άργυροπόλις ("silver city")
Pushpin Map:South America
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Martin Garcia Island in South America
Coordinates:-34.18°N -58.25°W

Argirópolis or Spanish; Castilian: '''Arjirópolis'''[1] (from Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Άργυροπόλις "silver city") is a proposed city conceived by Argentine statesman Domingo Faustino Sarmiento as the capital of the Confederated States of Plata (Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay). It is also the title of the 1850 book that outlines this proposal.[2]

Proposal

Sarmiento proposes Martin Garcia Island, at the junction of the Parana and Uruguay River, as the site for Argirópolis, which in turn would ultimately be a point of unity between the interior provinces of Argentina and the Estado Oriental (i.e.: Uruguay).

Sarmiento based his argument on the following points:

Orthography

The 1850 edition tries to follow the Spanish orthography proposed by Sarmiento in 1843, and similar to that of Andrés Bello.[3] Still occasional slips into the RAE standard happen.Later editions follow the common orthography.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sarmiento . Domingo F. . Domingo Sarmiento . Arjiropolis . 1850 . Imprenta de Julio Belin i Ca. . Santiago . 13 April 2021 . es-CL . PDF. Sarmiento's book uses Spanish; Castilian: Arjirópolis in the title but Spanish; Castilian: Argirópolis in page 87.
  2. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. (spanish) Web site: Argirópolis . 2013-05-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055852/http://www.edu.mec.gub.uy/biblioteca_digital/libros/S/Sarmiento%20Domingo%2C%20Faustino%20-%20Argiropolis%20-1850-.pdf . 2016-03-04 .
  3. Book: Sarmiento . Domingo F. . Memoria sobre ortografía americana . 1843 . Imprenta de La Opinión . Santiago . 2007 electronic . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171438/http://www.proyectosarmiento.com.ar/trabajos.pdf/memoriaortografia.pdf . 2016-03-03 . es-CL . PDF.