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| Argentina y conquista del Río de la Plata, con otros acaecimientos de los reinos del Perú, Tucumán y estado del Brasil | |
| Author: | Martín del Barco Centenera |
| Country: | Viceroyalty of Peru (modern Argentina) |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Pub Date: | 1602 |
La Argentina is a 1602 poem written by Martín del Barco Centenera. The full name is Argentina y conquista del Río de la Plata, con otros acaecimientos de los reinos del Perú, Tucumán y estado del Brasil (Spanish; Castilian: Argentina and conquest of the Río de la Plata, with other events from the kingdoms of Peru, Tucuman and the state of Brazil).
Martín del Barco Centenera was a priest who arrived to the Río de la Plata Basin along with the adelantado Juan Ortiz de Zárate. He wandered through the region for twenty-four years, narrating a poem with his experiences. The poem mixes both real events and imaginative tales, such as human-shaped fishes. The work, with more than ten thousand verses divided in twenty-four canticles, was published in Lisbon in 1602.
The poem is known for being one of the earliest usages of the name of Argentina.
. Diego Abad de Santillán. Historia Argentina. TEA (Tipográfica Editora Argentina). Buenos Aires. 287. Spanish.