Follow Luis Vernet through 2 dated historical records for Argentina.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Occupation began in 1826 with the foundation of a settlement and a penal colony, the settlement is destroyed by US warships after the Argentinian governor of the islands Luis Vernet seizes US seal hunting ships during a dispute over fishing rights
British forces return and inform the Argentine commander that they intended to assert British sovereignty, existing settlers are allowed to remain, with an Irish member of Vernets settlement, William Dickson, appointed as the Islands governor
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