Kla Rome Ko

Kla Rome Ko belongs to the Pampas country remembered in the name Claromecó. In March 1748 the Jesuit José Cardiel travelled from Buenos Aires intending to reach the mouth of the Colorado River and then follow the Patagonian coast toward the Strait of Magellan. After stopping at the mission of Pilar del Volcán, he continued with two Indigenous guides and interpreters.

The guides left him in the vicinity of the Claromecó stream, preventing him from carrying out the projected journey. On his return he examined the Buenos Aires coast and noted errors in European maps. The episode shows how an ambitious coastal expedition depended on Indigenous assistance to cross country beyond the settled colonial frontier.