It is online at > http://www.samueljohnson.com/falklands.html < "believe it or not". On Jun 15, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Charles Ellson wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:36:03 +0100, Don Aitken <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:56:54 +0100, Charles Ellson >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:00:33 -0400, katy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Charles Ellson wrote: >>>> >>>>> British settlers had been there since about 1765, following >>>>> closely >>>>> after French settlers. There was also Spanish involvement and an >>>>> amount of mainly non-hostile passing of the islands between the >>>>> three >>>>> countries. The Republic of Buenos Aires tried to claim the >>>>> islands in >>>>> 1820 (with the US also sticking their oar in) as they had never >>>>> been >>>>> formally colonised by the UK but withdrew their claim and the >>>>> islands >>>>> were made a formal colony in 1833. Argentina never possessed the >>>>> islands until the unsuccessful war in 1982. Some of the >>>>> passing-the-parcel is described in:- >>>>> http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/scotia/gooant/gooant070703.htm >>>> >>>> Thank you for your reply...it's not a topic discussed in American >>>> history classes... >>>> >>> I don't think it received much more attention in the UK until 1982. >> >> Although Dr Johnson had something to say about it - "Thoughts on the >> Late Transactions respecting Falkland's Islands" is probably online >> somewhere. >> > Available from W H Smug in paperback for 3.50, believe it or not ! :- > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message