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  2. History of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century. Nonetheless, the Falkland Islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards and Argentines at various points.

  3. Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Falkland Islands (/ ˈ f ɔː (l) k l ə n d, ˈ f ɒ l k-/ FAW(L)K-lənd, FOLK-; [6] Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

  4. Timeline of the history of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) have a complex history stretching over five hundred years. Active exploration and colonisation began in the 18th century but a self-supporting colony was not established till the latter part of the 19th century.

  5. Origins of Falkland Islanders - Wikipedia

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    Falkland Islanders. Falkland Islanders (also called Kelpers [1] or Falklanders) derive from various origins.Earliest among these are the numerically small but internationally diverse early 19th century inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, comprising and descended in part from settlers brought by Luis Vernet, and English and American sealers; South American gauchos who settled in the 1840s and ...

  6. Port Louis, Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    Location of Port Louis in the Falkland Islands. Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland.It was established by Louis de Bougainville on 5 April 1764 as the first French settlement on the islands, but was then transferred to Spain in 1767 and renamed Puerto Soledad (In Spanish, East Falkland is known as Isla Soledad).

  7. Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands ...

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    In December 1832, two naval vessels were sent by the United Kingdom to re-assert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), after the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (part of which later became Argentina) ignored British diplomatic protests over the appointment of Luis Vernet as governor of the Falkland Islands and a dispute over fishing rights.

  8. Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia

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    Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom.The British claim to sovereignty dates from 1690, when they made the first recorded landing on the islands, [1] and the United Kingdom has exercised de facto sovereignty over the archipelago almost continuously since 1833.

  9. Category:History of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia

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    Political history of the Falkland Islands (1 C) S. Shipwrecks of the Falkland Islands (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "History of the Falkland Islands"