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Argentina is more than 60% of Italian descent today.
Had Britain captured Argentina in 1806-1807, what would be the demographics of the place today?
I imagine it may be used as a penal colony instead of Australia. A great many Irish fleeing the famine may head to Argentina. English, Scottish, and Welsh settlers would be likely.
Maybe Boer prisoners and Indian laborers would be sent to Argentina as well?
We wouldn't see that same levels of Italian immigration or levantine immigration, but I could be wrong. There may be more maltese and cypriot however.
More political stability in the 19th and 20th centuries likely means more openness to immigration. No civil war(s) means a larger spanish population.
Had Britain captured Argentina in 1806-1807, what would be the demographics of the place today?
I imagine it may be used as a penal colony instead of Australia. A great many Irish fleeing the famine may head to Argentina. English, Scottish, and Welsh settlers would be likely.
Maybe Boer prisoners and Indian laborers would be sent to Argentina as well?
We wouldn't see that same levels of Italian immigration or levantine immigration, but I could be wrong. There may be more maltese and cypriot however.
More political stability in the 19th and 20th centuries likely means more openness to immigration. No civil war(s) means a larger spanish population.