Francisco de Viedma, Descripcion geografica y estadistica de la provincia de Santa Cruz de la Sierra

The report of a serving Spanish intendant governor that ends by attacking the plan of government his own colleague had obtained for the ex-Jesuit missions of Moxos and Chiquitos. It argues from the Laws of the Indies that nothing is more precious to man than liberty, calls the mission regime "un cruel pupilage", and asks for a new intendancy. In the same pages it defends yanaconaje. First printed in Buenos Aires in 1836.