What did the first Spanish conquerors expect to find in Argentina?

gold

silver

diamonds

coffee

The country name is derived from the Latin argentum (silver - Ag). La Plata Basin (literally "Silver river") does not have any sources of silver, but the first Spaniards arrived to the area following rumors of the existence of silver mountains.

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