Port Louis, Falkland Islands

Location of Port Louis in the Falkland Islands.

Port Louis is a settlement on northeastern East Falkland. It was established by Louis de Bougainville on 5 April 1764 as the first French settlement on the islands, but was then transferred to Spain in 1767 and renamed Puerto Soledad (In Spanish, East Falkland is known as Isla Soledad).

Map of Port Louis, surveyed in 1774 (West-Up map)

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