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    Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island...
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    Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge and State Park is a National Wildlife Refuge and State Park located on the island of Egmont Key, at the mouth of Tampa...
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    The Capture of Port Egmont on 10 June 1770 was a Spanish expedition that seized the British fort of Port Egmont on the Falkland Islands, garrisoned since...
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    Falkland) Port Egmont (on Saunders Island) (abandoned) Port Harriet (East Falkland) Port Howard (West Falkland) Port Louis Settlement (Puerto Luis, Anson's...
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    farm. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puerto Soledad. History of the Falkland Islands Port Egmont Dom Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. Journal historique...
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    Great Hurricane of 1780 (category Hurricanes in Puerto Rico)
    weakening British control over the Atlantic. The hurricane later passed near Puerto Rico and over the eastern portion of Hispaniola, causing heavy damage near...
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  • Louis and renamed it Puerto Soledad in 1767. On 10 June 1770, a Spanish expedition was sent to the British colony at Port Egmont. Facing a greater force...
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    miles (2.5 km) off the coast of West Falkland. He named the harbour Port Egmont, and claimed this and other islands for Britain, on the grounds of prior...
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    The following is a list of governors of the Falkland Islands. Historically, several countries have had leaders on the islands with varying titles and degrees...
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    decided that Port Egmont on the western island was the best site for a base. Britain's Cabinet, acting on a July 1765 report by Lord Egmont, immediately following...
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