[DOC] [TLE] History of the Falkland Islands - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least 
five hundred ... In 1765, a British captain claimed the islands for Britain. ... canids 
did not appear in South America until roughly 3 million years ago in a .... of the 
United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata to take possession of these islands on 
behalf... [DOC] [TLE] Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute - Wikipedia [PAR] Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas in Spanish) is disputed 
between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty 
dates from 1690, and the United Kingdom .... In 1765, Captain John Byron landed 
on Saunders Island. ...... Jump up ^ "Drilling for oil begins off the Falkland Islands"
. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter III. The Falkland Islands - JStor [PAR] the seamen whose calling took them into the south Atlantic, the. Falkland .... a 
crew of 90 men sailed from England, 1 Nov., 1689, and on January 27, 1690, 
came in sight of ..... Falklands is clear from his letter to the Duke of Grafton, 20 
July, 1765 (idem). .... We had taken possession of these islands in the beginning 
of April... [DOC] [TLE] False Falklands History at the United Nations How Argentina misled ... [PAR] Argentina to promote its claim to the Falkland Islands  ... (i) The ruins of Port 
Egmont, where Commodore John Byron claimed the Falklands for Britain in 
January 1765. Not an old ... confirm Britain's possession; ... That Britain seized 
South Georgia and the South .... Vernet took the Harriet to Buenos Aires for trial, 
and hoped. [DOC] [TLE] Our History | Falkland Islands Government [PAR] The Falkland Islands had no indigenous population prior to their settlement by 
our ... First claimed by Britain in 1765, the British, French and Spanish 
periodically had ... Less than 3 months later, on 2nd January 1833, the Royal 
Navy evicted the ... John Byron landed at Port Egmont on West Falkland and took 
possession of... [DOC] [TLE] Falkland Wars: British Abandonment in 1774  Fact or Myth [PAR] In 1774 the garrison at Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands was withdrawn. ... 
signals of possession, and of its belonging to the Crown of Great Britain. ... it is 
only a ... Meanwhile, Byron had arrived off West Falkland in January 1765 and, 
still in ... American vessel, which arrived just before the evacuation of these 
islands by. [DOC] [TLE] Falklands War: the first 400 years - The British Empire [PAR] Cession from France  the French ceded their claim to sovereignty to the Spanish 
in. 1767. ... Acquiescence/Prescription  no objection was made to British 
possession and, as a result ... and men as they may wish to take with them in the 
said ships, at their own proper costs ... He shows islands near the east coast of 
South. [DOC] [TLE] MP slams anti-Falklands pact as 'making deals with the devil ... [PAR] Feb 10, 2012 ... British and Falkland Islands ships fly different flags. .... From this body of water the 
island group later took its collective name, the ... In 1765, The British Captain 
John Byron, who was unaware of the ... July 10th 1770 to 22 January 1771. ... the 
moves towards independence by her South American colonies. [DOC] [TLE] Falkland Islands - The British Empire [PAR] and men as they may wish to take with them in the said ships, at their own proper 
... 1507  islands near South America , and close to the 50 parallel appear in a 
map ...... Byron formally claims the Falkland Islands for King George III; The 
Union ...... we have been in possession of these islands since the year 1764 or 
1765. [DOC] [TLE] False Falklands History at the United Nations How Argentina misled ... [PAR] Argentina to promote its claim to the Falkland Islands  efforts which ... (i) Part of 
the ruins of Port Egmont, where Commodore John. Byron claimed the Falklands 
for Britain in January 1765. Argentina's claim ... at Britain's possession of the

Question: In January 1765 John Byron took possession of these islands off South America for Britain, hence its claim to them
Answer: Falkland Islands