Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands, a group of islands in the S. Atlantic, 240 m. E. of Tierra del Fuego; discovered in 1592 by Davis; purchased from the French in 1764 by Spain, but afterwards ceded to Britain, by whom they were occupied in 1833 and used as a convict settlement until 1852; besides E. and W. Falkland there are upwards of 100 small islands, mostly barren; wheat and flax are raised, but sheep-farming is the main industry.

Population (circa 1900) given as 2,000.

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

Falkland, Lucius Gary, Viscount * Fall, The
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Fakir
Falaise
Falconer, Hugh
Falconer, Ion Keith
Falconer, William
Falconry
Falk, Adalbert
Falkirk
Falkland
Falkland, Lucius Gary, Viscount
Falkland Islands
Fall, The
Fallopius, Gabriello
Falloux, Frédéric Alfred Pierre, Vicomte de
Falmouth
Falstaff, Sir John
Familiar Spirits
Familists
Family Compact
Fan
Fanariots

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Johnson, Samuel [1709–1737]
Nelson, Horatio