Puerto Soledad (Puerto de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, English: Port Solitude) was a Spanish military outpost and penal colony on the Falkland Islands, situated at an inner cove of Berkeley Sound (French: Baie Accaron,[1] Spanish: Bahía Anunciación).
^Dom Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux Iles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître et y former un établissement; et de deux Voyages au Détroit de Magellan, avec une Rélation sur les Patagons. Berlin: Etienne de Bourdeaux, 1769. 2 volumes, 704 pp. Online vol. 1 & vol. 2
PuertoSoledad (Puerto de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, English: Port Solitude) was a Spanish military outpost and penal colony on the Falkland Islands...
its claim on the Falklands to Spain, which renamed the French colony PuertoSoledad the following year. Problems began when Spain detected and captured...
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...
from many overseas settlements in 1774. Spain, which had a garrison at PuertoSoledad on East Falklands, administered the garrison from Montevideo until 1811...
East Falkland (Spanish: Isla Soledad) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of 6,605 km2 (2,550 square miles) or...
three whalers at the settlement of Puerto Luis founded in the ruins of the former Spanish penal colony of PuertoSoledad by Luis Vernet. Vernet had sought...
reached. The Spanish took control of Port Saint Louis and renamed it PuertoSoledad in 1767. On 10 June 1770, a Spanish expedition expelled the British...
establish a colony in the ruins of the former Spanish settlement of PuertoSoledad, which ended with the British return in 1833. The British governed the...
la Soledad's Tricentennial celebration. 1739 – The first time that the Ermita de la Virgen de la Soledad was mentioned in the map of Cavite Puerto. 1739...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
Fort St Louis is formally transferred to the Spanish Crown and renamed PuertoSoledad. Bougainville receives compensation for his efforts in establishing...
las Islas Malvinas by the Spanish, and Fort Saint Louis is renamed as PuertoSoledad. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain and takes the Malvinas;...
through his wife María, who was related to a former Spanish Governor of PuertoSoledad, and conceived of a plan to exploit the cattle in the islands. Together...
preferred to keep some distance away from the Spanish settlement of PuertoSoledad (present Port Louis) situated at the opposite extremity of the archipelago...
Howard (West Falkland) Port Louis Settlement (Puerto Luis, Anson's Harbour), Port St. Louis, PuertoSoledad) (East Falkland) Port Louis South (East Falkland...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
Islands: Captain Silas Duncan of USS Lexington attacked, looted and burned PuertoSoledad (then under the control of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata)...
las Islas Malvinas by the Spanish, and Fort Saint Louis is renamed as PuertoSoledad. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain and takes the Malvinas;...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
Falkland Islands Military Administrators of the Spanish Settlement of PuertoSoledad Luis de Medina y Torres, governor and sea commander (1799–1800) Francisco...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
1770 Falklands crisis 1833 British Reassertion Hope Place Port Egmont PuertoSoledad 1982 invasion Falklands War Geography Military Falkland Islands Defence...
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