author
Pedro Andrés García
1758–1833
A Spanish-born soldier, explorer, and public official in the Río de la Plata, he lived through some of the region’s most dramatic turning points. He is especially remembered for his frontier expeditions and for the detailed journals that turned those journeys into lasting historical records.
3 Audiobooks
Diario de un viage a Salinas Grandes, en los campos del sud de Buenos Aires
by Pedro Andrés García
Diario de la expedicion de 1822 a los campos del sud de Buenos Aires Desde Moron hasta la Sierra de la Ventana
by Pedro Andrés García, José Maria de los Reyes
Nuevo plan de fronteras de la provincia de Buenos Aires, proyectado en 1816
by Pedro Andrés García
About the author
Born in 1758 in Caranceja, Cantabria, Pedro Andrés García spent most of his career in the Río de la Plata, where he served as a military officer and colonial official. Sources agree that he arrived with the expedition of Pedro de Cevallos in 1776 and later built a long public career in Buenos Aires.
He took part in major events of the era, including the defense of Buenos Aires during the British invasions and the political upheavals around the May Revolution. He is also described as a geographer and an energetic observer of the frontier, with a strong interest in settlement, agriculture, and the organization of territory.
Today he is often remembered through works such as his journals of expeditions to Salinas Grandes and the southern plains of Buenos Aires. Those writings make him more than a military figure: they preserve a vivid firsthand view of the landscapes, negotiations, and ambitions that shaped the early history of Argentina.