Background: Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not established until 1764. The colony was turned over to Spain two years later and the islands have since been the subject of a territorial dispute, first between Britain and Spain, then between Britain and Argentina. The UK asserted its claim to the islands by establishing a naval garrison there in 1833. Argentina invaded the islands on 2 April 1982. The British responded with an expeditionary force that landed seven weeks later and after fierce fighting forced Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982.
February 3rd 2008South America » Falkland Islands
Well I’m up another $10 from a short time in the casino last night. Hopefully that will continue later today. We had another nice dinner and one of the ships officers joined us. Turned out h ... [full story]
January 22nd 2008South America » Falkland Islands » East Falkland Tuesday 22nd we were at sea for the day. A somewhat hot day so it was spent on deck getting the sun and relaxing. In the evening prior to dinner, we went to yet another gala evening attended by the ca ... 5 photos[full story]
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