. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 478 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. settler held his gi'ound for three years, until the day m hen he rashly attempted to levy fiscal dues on some North American whalers. The result was that he received a visit from a United States corvette, which laid his village in ashes. Two years after that event Great Britain resumed definite possession of the Falkland Islands, regardless of the protests made by Argentina against this annexation. Although a natural dependency of the South American Continent, the archipelago has thus become a British colony like part of
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 478 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. settler held his gi'ound for three years, until the day m hen he rashly attempted to levy fiscal dues on some North American whalers. The result was that he received a visit from a United States corvette, which laid his village in ashes. Two years after that event Great Britain resumed definite possession of the Falkland Islands, regardless of the protests made by Argentina against this annexation. Although a natural dependency of the South American Continent, the archipelago has thus become a British colony like part of the Guianas and the islands of Trinidad and Tobago at the other extremity of the main- land. Although one of the least important lands in the vast colonial empire of Fig. 188.—Falkland Aechipelaqo. Scale 1: ,000,. West oF ureenwich 58° Oto 50 Fathoms. Depths. m to 100 Fathoms. 100 Fathoms and upwai'ds. CO Miles. Great Britain, this group of antarctic islands has, nevertheless, a certain value as a cattle run. But it is prized by its present masters more especially as a strategical position, keeping guard on the highwav of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Lying under 52° south latitude, that is, at the same distance south of the equator as parts of England and Holland north of the line, the Falklands might be supposed from their rigorous climate to be situated much nearer to the south pole. The polar aspect of these oceanic lands is even intensified by the mountains which. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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