| Category: | 10 |
| Year: | 1882 |
| South American Continental Exhibition | |
| Native Name: | Exposición Continental Sud-Americana |
| Visitors: | 50,000 |
| Organized: | Industrial Club of Buenos Aires |
| Country: | Argentina |
| City: | Buenos Aires |
| Venue: | Plaza Once |
| Coord: | -34.6097°N -58.4074°W |
| Open: | 14 March 1882 |
| Close: | 31 July 1882 |
| Prevexpo: | Melbourne International Exhibition (1880) |
| Prevcity: | Melbourne |
| Nextexpo: | 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition |
| Nextcity: | Barcelona |
| Simoth: | Exposition internationale des vins, Bordeaux, France |
The South American Continental Exhibition (Exposición Continental Sud-Americana) was held in Buenos Aires from 14 March[1] to31 July 1882.[2]
The fair was organised by the Industrial Club of Buenos Aires who had organised an industrial exhibition in Buenos Aires in 1877. Julio A Roca (president) inaugurated the exhibition with the honorary chair of the committee Nicolás Avellaneda stating that the exhibition represented industrial progress.
Congress gave funds for the exhibition which were used for premises in Plaza Once.
Exhibits covered: arts; beer, cigarettes and wine; clothing and footwear; and soap from Argentina and other countries in America and Europe.
Nations exhibiting at the exhibition included Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Paraguay, Switzerland, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Prize winners included the Brazilian photographers Marc Ferrez, .[3] and the Brazilian 'Esberard Glass and Crystal' company.[4]
Pascual Ortega Portales from Chile received the second prize for paintings.[5]