A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

Part 1 - The Discovery of the Falkland Islands

Part 2 - Fort St Louis and Port Egmont

Part 3 - Louis Vernet - The Great Entrepreneur

Part 4 - The British Colonial Era

Part 5 - The Argentine Claim

Part 6 - The Build-Up to War

Part 7 -  The 1982 War and Beyond

Sources: 'History of the Falkland Islands' by Mary Cawkell, published 2001 by Anthony Nelson; 'The Falklands War' by Michael Parsons published 2000 by Sutton Pocket Histories;  'Tempest in a Teapot' by Robert Reginald & Jeffrey Elliot published 1983 by The Borgo Press; 'Falkland Islanders at War' by Graham Bound published 2002 by Leo Cooper; 'Those Were The Days' by John Smith published 1989 by the Falkland Islands Trust; 'The Bradt Travel Guide to the Falkland Islands' by William Wagstaff published 2001; 'Visitors Guide to the Falkland Islands' published 2001 by Falklands Conservation; 'Old Falkland Photos' by Shane Wolsey published 1990 by Peregrine Publishing; 'Falkland Islands' by Tony Chater published 1993 by The Penna Press; 'Falkland People' by Angela Wigglesworth published 1992 by Peter Owen; 'Unspoilt Beauty of the Falkland Islands' by Algernon Asprey & Phyllis Rendell published 1988 by Anthony Nelson; 'Guide to Holdings of the Falkland Islands Government Archives' by Jane Cameron published 2003.

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