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English settlement in Argentina
English settlement in Argentina, the arrival of English emigrants in Argentina, took place in the period after Argentina's independence from Spain through the 19th century. Unlike many other waves of immigration to Argentina, English immigrants were not usually leaving England because of poverty or persecution, but went to Argentina as industrialists and major landowners. Argentina in the Victorian age was part of the United Kingdoms informal empire, the British Empire. Famous Argentines such as Lucas Bridges, Maria Elena Walsh, and Jorge Luis Borges are of English descent.
English immigration
English settlers arrived in Buenos Aires in ...
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