Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The archipelago comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British Overseas Territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, while the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland.
Quotes
[edit]- Desire the Right
- Motto of the Falkland Islands, from the ship Desire captained by John Davis in 1592
- Those isles of the sea are calling to me,
The smell of the camp fire a dear memory.
Though far I may roam, some day I’ll come home
To the islands, the Falklands, the isles of the sea.- Christopher Lanham, "Song of the Falklands" (1930s) First Chorus
- Never, perhaps, was any Object in itself, abstractedly considered, less valuable, nor less worthy of public Attention, than the Falkland Islands: yet, the Manner in which Spain acted on the Occasion, displayed so much Arrogance, as to compromise the Honor of the British Crown, and to demand a Reparation no less public than the Affront.
- Nathaniel Wraxall, Historical Memoirs of My Own Times, 3rd ed. (London, 1818) vol. 2, pp. 105–6
