 | John Hawkesworth - 1775 - 576 Seiten
...to this place. Of this harbour, and all the neighbouring iflands, I took poffeffion for his Majefiy King George the Third of Great Britain, by the name of FALKLAND'S ISLANDS, and there is I think little reafon to doubt that they are the fame land to which Covyley gave the name of Pepys'... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1882 - 428 Seiten
...vegetables for the benefit of later visitors. Of this harbour, and of all the neighbouring islands, Byron took possession for His Majesty King George the Third...Great Britain, by the name of Falkland's Islands. They still remain a dependency of the British Crown. The first person who sighted them is supposed... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton - 1890 - 404 Seiten
...Egmont, First Lord of the Admiralty. ' Of this harbour, and all the adjoining islands,' he says, ' I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island1.' At the 1 See the account given in Hawkesworth's Voyages, vol.... | |
 | Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - 1890 - 456 Seiten
...Egmont, First Lord of the Admiralty. ' Of this harbour, and all the adjoining islands,' he says, ' I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island1.' At the SECTION beginning of the following year a blockhouse... | |
 | Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - 1905 - 388 Seiten
...of Egmont, First Lord of the Admiralty. 'Of this harbour, and all the adjoining islands,' he says, ' I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island V At the beginning of the following year a blockhouse was built... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section - 1920 - 614 Seiten
...of Egmont, then at the head of the Admiralty. " Of this harbour," he wrote, " and all the adjoining islands I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island." On his report, Captain MacBride was immediately sent out in HMS... | |
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section - 1920 - 580 Seiten
...of Egmont, then at the head of the Admiralty. " Of this harbour," he wrote, " and all the adjoining islands I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island." On his report, Captain MacBride was immediately sent out in HMS... | |
 | 1920 - 586 Seiten
...of Egmont, then at the head of the Admiralty. " Of this harbour," he wrote, " and all the adjoining islands I took possession for His Majesty King George the Third of Great Britain under the name of Falkland's Island." On his report, Captain MacBride was immediately sent out in HMS... | |
 | Julius Goebel (Jr.) - 1927 - 536 Seiten
...in honor of the first lord 'of the admiralty." He writes: '' Of this harbor and all the neighboring Islands, I took possession for his Majesty, King George,...Great Britain, by the name of Falkland's Islands."™ It is interesting to note that Byron does not give the date on which he executed this formality. 88... | |
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... the squadron in which Anson made his famous voyage. On January 15, 1765, Byron sailed into a harbour on the north coast of West Falkland, which he called Port Egmont, or Egmont Harbour, after the Earl of Egmont, then at the head of the Admiralty.... 