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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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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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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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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List of governors of the Falkland Islands (section Military Administrators of the British Settlement of Port Egmont)
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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mission to assist in Christianizing the natives. The Mission of San Juan del Puerto was started in the later sixteenth century and dominated the area until...
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