Real Asiento de Inglaterra

[1] In 1713, the British Crown established the asiento in the current Plaza San Martín, neighborhood of Retiro.

[3] The Real Asiento de Inglaterra of the South Sea Company was established in Buenos Aires around 1713, during the reign of Philip V of Spain and Anne, Queen of Great Britain.

[4] The treaty of 1713 permitted the annual arrival of 1,200 slaves in the port of Buenos Aires, mostly to be sent to the cities of Córdoba and Lima.

[7] This residence had originally been owned by the Governor of Buenos Aires Agustín de Robles y Lorenzana.

[11] The South Sea Company operated in the Río de la Plata until 1739, the year in which Spain declared war against Great Britain.