Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region

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colonial conquest event in the history of Argentina event in the history of Bolivia event in the history of Brazil event in the history of Paraguay event in the history of Spain event in the history of Uruguay military campaign

The Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region was the 16th-century campaign through which Spain subdued Indigenous peoples and established colonial settlements around the Río de la Plata estuary in present-day Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and parts of Bolivia and Brazil.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Río de la Plata expedition (1535–1537)	1
Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata	1
Spanish–Portuguese conflicts in South America	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial conquest ⓘ event in the history of Argentina ⓘ event in the history of Bolivia ⓘ event in the history of Brazil ⓘ event in the history of Paraguay ⓘ event in the history of Spain ⓘ event in the history of Uruguay ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Governorate of the Río de la Plata ⓘ Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
chronology	early phase of Spanish colonization in the Southern Cone ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
describedBySource	historiography of colonial Latin America ⓘ
hasCause	competition with Portugal in South America ⓘ imperial expansion of Spain ⓘ search for new trade routes and resources ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata ⓘ demographic decline of Indigenous populations ⓘ establishment of Spanish colonial settlements ⓘ foundation of cities in the Río de la Plata basin ⓘ imposition of Spanish language and culture ⓘ integration of the region into the Spanish colonial economy ⓘ spread of Christianity in the Río de la Plata region ⓘ subjugation of Indigenous populations ⓘ
hasLocation	Paraguay River ⓘ surface form: Paraguay River basin Paraná River ⓘ surface form: Paraná River basin La Plata Basin ⓘ surface form: Río de la Plata basin Río de la Plata ⓘ surface form: Río de la Plata estuary present-day Argentina ⓘ present-day Bolivia ⓘ present-day Brazil ⓘ present-day Paraguay ⓘ present-day Uruguay ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish ⓘ
mainSubject	Río de la Plata region ⓘ
participant	Charrúa people ⓘ Guarani peoples ⓘ surface form: Guaraní peoples Guarani peoples ⓘ surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Río de la Plata region Payaguá people ⓘ Querandí people ⓘ Crown of Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish Crown Spanish colonial authorities ⓘ Spanish conquistadors ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire expansion in South America ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
startTime	1530s ⓘ 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pedro de Mendoza → expedition → Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Río de la Plata expedition (1535–1537)

Spanish colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ

Pedro de Mendoza → partOf → Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata

Pedro de Cevallos → participantIn → Spanish conquest of the Río de la Plata region ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish–Portuguese conflicts in South America