MungoBrush wrote:art0hur0moh wrote:The settlement was established as a French colony under the name Port Saint Louis in 1764, and within a year reached a population of 75 (most of them Acadians), with three marriages and two births recorded (once of the births was François Benoit in 1764, son of Agustin Benoit and Françoise Thériault. Sébastien died in 1839, Bay St. George, Newfoundland) – apparently the first ever in the islands' history. After three years of French possession the settlement was ceded to Spain, and all the French settlers left to be replaced by Spaniards. Acting on personal instructions by King Carlos III, the Spanish Government reimbursed the founder of Port St. Louis, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 618,108 French livres.
Bougainville himself sailed to Port Saint Louis on board the Boudeuse, accompanied by the Spanish ships Esmeralda and Liebre to hand the settlement over to Felipe Ruíz Puente, the first Spanish governor (1767–1773) of Puerto Soledad, as the settlement would become known. The ceremony took place on April 1, 1767, and from Puerto Soledad Bougainville set sail to make the first French circumnavigation of the world.
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conclusive! britain invaded argentinian territories! compensation from america and britain for unwarranded and criminal assaults needs to be paid for lawful restitution! the lands where stolen!
You missed out the bit where in 1765 it became a British Colony but it was invaded by the Spanish in 1770 and the British withdrew.
The Falkland Islands have never belonged to Argentina.
The British established a colony on west Falkland only to find that the French had already establish one on east Falkland and this was a long time before a Spaniard set foot there.
This Art Banaba is way off with his highly selective history.
By his measure the world would now be full of law suits and people being booted out of countries their ancestors settled in hundreds of years ago. It’s a stupid bloody argument, Ill thought out and with no regard to peoples birthrights today.
The Argentinian people don’t ever mention the islands until unpopular leaders of theirs do in order to deflect attention away from poor governance.
Add to that British oil finds and all of a sudden they want the islands again.
Britain has invested heavily over the centuries and the islanders self determination is paramount. They and the islands are British. End of.
