December 11ths :-) December 11th 1832, La Gazeta Mercantil carries a story of the sailing from Rio de Janeiro of a corvette, HMS Clio, which is believed to be sailing to the Falklands in order to verify; “.. the occupation of those islands.” The newspaper however expresses its belief that the ship is only going in order to recognise the Argentine colony there so that the British cabinet can be brought up-to-date. [La Gazeta Mercatil January 11th, 1832 no. 2648 p.3]
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:58:02 +0000