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Discovery of Falklands
The first European explorer to sight the islands is widely thought to be Sebald de Weert, a Dutch sailor, older maps, particularly Dutch ones, used the name "Sebald Islands"
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Falkland Islands in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The first European explorer to sight the islands is widely thought to be Sebald de Weert, a Dutch sailor, older maps, particularly Dutch ones, used the name "Sebald Islands"
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Netherlands and Falkland Islands. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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