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To all:<br>
<br>
I have to step back from my statement that Buenos Aires is not on the
Rio de la Plate. It IS in fact on the estuary of that river---an
estuary that is so wide at that point that it may as well be a sea. So
yes, Nessus was originally probably a native settlement by the
sea/where Gyoll meets the sea, and Buenos Aires has already moved north
from where it was "founded" by Spaniards. However, the Wiki doesn't
mention any previous settlement at all:<br>
<br>
<p>Seaman <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs"
title="Juan Díaz de Solís">Juan Díaz de Solís</a>, navigating in the
name of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>,
was the first European to reach the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata"
title="Río de la Plata">Río de la Plata</a> in 1516. His expedition
was cut short when he was killed, supposedly during an attack by the
native <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa"
title="Charrúa" class="mw-redirect">Charrúa</a> tribe in what is now <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a>.</p>
<p>The city of Buenos Aires was first established as <i>Ciudad de
Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre</i><sup
id="cite_ref-Short_history_6-0" class="reference"><a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires#cite_note-Short_history-6"
title=""><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> (literally "City of
Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") on February 2, 1536 by a
Spanish expedition led by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza"
title="Pedro de Mendoza">Pedro de Mendoza</a>. The city founded by
Mendoza was located in what is today the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo" title="San Telmo">San
Telmo</a> district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre.</p>
<p>More attacks by the indigenous peoples forced the settlers away, and
in 1541 the site was abandoned. A second (and permanent) settlement was
established in 1580 by <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Garay" title="Juan de Garay">Juan
de Garay</a>, who arrived by sailing down the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River"
title="Paraná River">Paraná River</a> from <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n" title="Asunción">Asunción</a>
(now the capital of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay"
title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a>). Although upon the refounding, the city
itself was named <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Buenos_Aires"
title="Names of Buenos Aires">Holy Trinity</a> (<a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language"
title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <span xml:lang="es" lang="es"><i>Santisima
Trinidad</i></span>) and only the port was still called Buenos Aires,
over the next two centuries the port's name won out.<br>
</p>
<p><br>
So, whatever. Does anyone know of any origins/meanings for the name
"Nessus"?<br>
</p>
Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS?<br>
<br>
Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000
years. My 2 cents. <br>
<br>
Dave<br>
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