To all:
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:
Seaman Juan D?az de Sol’s <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_D%C3%ADaz_de_Sol%C3%ADs>, navigating in the name of Spain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain>, was the first European to reach the R?o de la Plata <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata> in 1516. His expedition was cut short when he was killed, supposedly during an attack by the native Charr?a <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charr%C3%BAa> tribe in what is now Uruguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguay>.
The city of Buenos Aires was first established as /Ciudad de Nuestra Se?ora Santa Mar a del Buen Ayre/^[7] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_Aires#cite_note-Short_history-6> (literally "City of Our Lady Saint Mary of the Fair Winds") on February 2, 1536 by a Spanish expedition led by Pedro de Mendoza <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_de_Mendoza>. The city founded by Mendoza was located in what is today the San Telmo <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Telmo> district of Buenos Aires, south of the city centre.
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 Juan de Garay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Garay>, who arrived by sailing down the Paran? River <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_River> from Asunci?n <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asunci%C3%B3n> (now the capital of Paraguay <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraguay>). Although upon the refounding, the city itself was named Holy Trinity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Buenos_Aires> (Spanish <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language>: /Santisima Trinidad/) and only the port was still called Buenos Aires, over the next two centuries the port's name won out.
So, whatever. Does anyone know of any origins/meanings for the name "Nessus"?
Son of Witz---Where did you get the textfiles of TBotNS?
Also, my guess as to the futurity of Urth is no more than 100,000 years. My 2 cents.
Dave