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10.09.2020 09:35:51
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Современность; Армия;
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Saunders Island - это не весь архипелаг.
>The first recorded landing on the islands is attributed to English captain John Strong, who, en route to Peru's and Chile's littoral in 1690, discovered the Falkland Sound and noted the islands' water and game.[20]
>The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and the 1766 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by British captain John MacBride.[C] Whether or not the settlements were aware of each other's existence is debated by historians.[23] In 1766, France surrendered its claim on the Falklands to Spain, which renamed the French colony Puerto Soledad the following year.[24] Problems began when Spain discovered and captured Port Egmont in 1770. War was narrowly avoided by its restitution to Britain in 1771.[25]
>Both the British and Spanish settlements coexisted in the archipelago until 1774, when Britain's new economic and strategic considerations led it to voluntarily withdraw from the islands, leaving a plaque claiming the Falklands for King George III.
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>Во всяком случае, бриты создали там поселение, в отличие от испанцев, и до появления такой страны как Аргентина.
Antoine de Bougainville, a French navigator, established a settlement at
Port Louis on the Falkland Islands in 1764, proclaiming the Islands (Les Malouines) in
the name of Louis XV. Spain contested this occupation on the same basis that it had
challenged the proposed British expedition, referring to papal awards and prior discovery. The French backed down, reluctant to enter into another war at a time when relations with Spain in Europe were improving. As important, they received a substantial sum from Spain under an agreement of 4 October 1766, which led to the French evacuation of Port Louis and its formal transfer to Spain the next April when it was renamed Puerto de Soledad (Port Solitude). The Islands were incorporated into the jurisdiction of the Captaincy General of Buenos Aires, and Don Felipe Ruiz Puente became the first Governor of the Islas Malvinas.
Having decided to take the Falklands seriously, the British sent a second expedition. This arrived a year later in January 1766 under the command of John McBride, commander of HMS Jason. At this point a British settlement of some 100 people was established in Port Egmont at Saunders Island on West Falkland.