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john sefton
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Welfare 1690

Post by john sefton » Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:14 pm

The first recorded landing on the Falkland Islands occurred in 1690, and was made at Bold Cove near Port Howard on West Falkland to replenish the water supplies of British ship 'Welfare' commanded by John Strong, who named the stretch of water between West and East Falkland 'Falkland Sound' after Lord Falkland, who was a financial supporter of Strong's voyage, Treasurer to the Navy and shortly to become First Lord of the Admiralty.  
The discovery by Captain Strong of a large, fox-like animal, which he named the warrah, raises the possibility that the Falkland Islands had previously been discovered by Indians from South America who brought a domesticated fox with them for hunting purposes.  Early colonists hunted the warrah to extinction (the last was killed at Shallow Bay in 1876) because of its predations on sheep and lambs.


JUAN FERNANDEZ, is a small island in the South Pacific in 34° S. lat., 400 miles west of Valparaiso. The Spaniards also designate it Mas-a-Tierra, " more to land," to distinguish it from a smaller island, Mas-a-Fuera, " more to sea," 9 miles farther west. The aspect of Juan Fernandez is beautiful and striking; only 13 'miles in length by 4 in width, it consists of a series of precipitous rocks rudely piled into irregular blocks and pinnacles.
At the end of 1687 five men voluntarily remained at Juan Fernandez from buccaneer commanded by Captain Edward Davis. They remained on the island until October 1690, when the English ship "Welfare," Captain John Story, took them off.

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