• PersnickityPenguin
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    7 months ago

    The Falklands were never inhabited by aboriginals.

    In fact, there is no evidence that Aboriginal or Argentinian people had ever visited or had knowledge that the islands existed prior to the British arriving.

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      The Falklands were never inhabited by aboriginals.

      Yep. That was one of reasons of Argentina’s objections to the British claim, that the british citizens are not indigenous to the island.

      In fact, there is no evidence that Aboriginal or Argentinian people had ever visited or had knowledge that the islands existed prior to the British arriving.

      That’s not true. Check out the wiki page about it, it has a whole timeline, including who lived on it when.

      Also, Argentina claims ownership by inheritance from Spain when they won their independence from Spain.

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        So Britain was controlling the Islands before Spain, yet you’re still claiming Argentina inherited them by Spain. Wouldn’t they technically belong to France by your logic?

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          So Britain was controlling the Islands before Spain, yet you’re still claiming Argentina inherited them by Spain. Wouldn’t they technically belong to France by your logic?

          Depends on when who vacated the island and who took it over after that, and if vacating even means giving up on ownership or not (IANAL).

          The link I’ve been posting goes over the history, and nations have come and gone and come and gone and come and kicked out others, on that island. Its a mess.

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        I don’t know what you’re reading, but the actual history of the island reads as follows:

        “The islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. France established a colony on the islands in 1764. In 1765, a British captain claimed the islands for Britain. In early 1770 a Spanish commander arrived from Buenos Aires with five ships and 1,400 soldiers forcing the British to leave Port Egmont. Britain and Spain almost went to war over the islands, but the British government decided that it should withdraw its presence from many overseas settlements in 1774.”