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Foreign News
October 29, 1767
The Virginia Gazette
Richmond, Williamsburg, Richmond County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Report from HMS Carcass at Port Egmont, Falkland Islands, describes the island's barren landscape, abundant wildlife including sea lions, geese, and fish, and a nearby French settlement with 50 houses and 200 inhabitants.
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August 12. By a letter from on board his Majesty's sloop the Carcass, at Port Egmont, in the island of Falkland, in the South Seas, in the lat. of 51: 30 south, about 100 leagues to the northward of Cape Horn, we learn that island is about 150 miles long, and has not one tree of any kind; nor any beasts but foxes. That there are sea lions in great plenty, two or three times as big as cart horses in England; which when killed produce very good oil, which is burnt in the room of candles. That there are wild geese in great plenty, and very good, with all kinds of wild fowl, and great plenty of fine fish. That in the egg season they gather upwards of 200 per day, and they are served out at ten a man per day; each egg weighs nine ounces. The French have a very delightful harbour to the eastward of the island, about 35 leagues; they have about 50 houses, and about 200 men, besides women and children.
What sub-type of article is it?
Colonial Affairs
What keywords are associated?
Falkland Islands
Port Egmont
South Seas
Sea Lions
French Settlement
Wildlife
Eggs
Where did it happen?
Port Egmont, Island Of Falkland, South Seas
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Port Egmont, Island Of Falkland, South Seas
Event Date
August 12
Event Details
Letter from HMS Carcass describes Falkland Island as 150 miles long, treeless, with foxes; abundant sea lions for oil, wild geese, fowl, fish; eggs gathered at 200 per day, served at ten per man, each nine ounces; French settlement eastward with delightful harbour, 50 houses, 200 men plus women and children.