The Struggle for the Falkland Islands. A Study in Legal and Diplomatic History

Goebel, Julius

doi:10.5771/0506-7286-1983-3-341

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“…In 1763 the Frenchman Louis Antoine de Bougainville departed for the South Atlantic and, the following year, seized the ‘Malouines’ Islands (later the Malvinas) in the name of Louis XV. The Spanish Crown immediately claimed sovereignty, demanding that the French abandon them (Goebel, 1927: 225–30). The French Court accepted and in 1766 Bougainville returned the Islands to the jurisdiction of Buenos Aires (Hidalgo Nieto, 1947).…”

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“…At the same time the British Admiralty had decided to establish a military base in the area, the mission being commanded by Commodore John Byron. In 1764 he arrived at Puerto Deseado (Goebel, 1927: 231; Caillet‐Bois, 1952: 119) and a year later anchored off the West Malvina/Falkland (‘Saunders’ isle, later ‘Trinidad’). Within a short time, Port Egmont was founded, comprising a fort and a harbour, and the islands were seized in the name of George III (Byron, 1773: 86; Goebel, 1927: 232).…”

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“…In 1764 he arrived at Puerto Deseado (Goebel, 1927: 231; Caillet‐Bois, 1952: 119) and a year later anchored off the West Malvina/Falkland (‘Saunders’ isle, later ‘Trinidad’). Within a short time, Port Egmont was founded, comprising a fort and a harbour, and the islands were seized in the name of George III (Byron, 1773: 86; Goebel, 1927: 232). Therefore in 1766 British and French settlements were co‐existing in the archipelago.…”

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Archaeological research on HMS Swift: a British Sloop-of-War lost off Patagonia, Southern Argentina, in 1770

Elkin

Argüeso²,

Grosso³

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Int J Nautical Archaeology

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HMS Swift was a British sloop-of-war which sank off the coast of Patagonia, Southern Argentina, in 1770. Since 1997 the Underwater Archaeology Programme of the National Institute of Anthropology has taken charge of the archaeological research conducted at the wreck-site. This article presents an overview of the continuing Swift project and the different research lines comprised in it. The latter cover aspects related to ship-construction, material culture and natural site-formation processes.

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Archaeological research on HMS Swift: a British Sloop-of-War lost off Patagonia, Southern Argentina, in 1770

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Grosso³

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“…Boyson (1924) refers to this account, while a slightly different version of the discovery was quoted by Goebel (1927): It is about 52° 50' nearly 60 leagues to the east of Tierra del Fuego; we named the island Beauchene; its circumference is perhaps 5 to 6 leagues.…”

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Beauchêne Island: a historical account

Smith

1984

Polar Record

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Southernmost of the Falkland Islands, Beauchene Island (52° 54' S, 59° 09' W, area 3 km 2 ) is a wildlife reserve with large colonies of Black-browed albatrosses and Rockhopper penguins. Discovered and named in 1701 by the French explorer Jacques Gouin de Beauchesne, it was noted by many early navigators and visited frequently by fur sealers in the 19th century. This article draws attention to early reports and outlines what is known of its history. Contents 163Exploitation .

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“…Foreign powers watched such aggrandizement with alarm (Dcstifani 1982;Alonso 1983;Beck 1988;Gough 1990aGough , 1990b. France, Spain, and Britain had contested the sovereignty of the Falklands in the late eighteenth century (Goebel 1982). But, fora variety of reasons, for nearly half a century the archipelago was a no-man's land.…”

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American sealers, the United States Navy, and the Falklands 1830–32

Gough

1992

Polar Record

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By the early 1830s, American sealers expected free access to the waters and harbours of the Falkland Islands, an active rule over which had not been recognized by the United States. The US government, in the form of President Andrew Jackson and the State Department, adhered to a policy of freedom of the seas, and therefore backed the rights of American sealers to unrestricted access in the South Atlantic. After three sealing ships were impounded by the Argentinian authorities in the Falklands in 1831, the US Navy sloop Lexington, under the command of Captain Silas Duncan, destroyed the island group's capital at Puerto Soledad, and, with it, the Argentine military defences. The State Department informed the Argentine govermcnt that it had no claims, historic or actual, to the Falklands. The American policy of not recognizing the Argentine claims, which continued for half a century, did not interfere with British designs. In 1832-33 the British government issued orders for the Admiralty to send a warship to re-establish British control of the Falklands.

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The Struggle for the Falkland Islands. A Study in Legal and Diplomatic History

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Archaeological research on HMS Swift: a British Sloop-of-War lost off Patagonia, Southern Argentina, in 1770

Archaeological research on HMS Swift: a British Sloop-of-War lost off Patagonia, Southern Argentina, in 1770

Beauchêne Island: a historical account

American sealers, the United States Navy, and the Falklands 1830–32

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