Hawkins's Maidenland, 1773


This map was created thanks to the surveying completed by John Byron and was published in 1773. It is interesting that the map still refers to the chain as Hawkins's Maidenland and not as the Falkland Islands. You can see that the Falkland Sound does appear on the map.


Falkland Islands | Falkland Island Maps


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