The Falklands remained uninhabited until the 1764 establishment of Port Louis on East Falkland by French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville and the 1765 foundation of Port Egmont on Saunders Island by Captain John Byron; the latter settlement being expanded by British captain John MacBride a year later.
The Falkland Islands remained uninhabited until 1764 when French captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville established Port Louis on East Falkland, and in 1765 Captain John Byron founded Port Egmont on Saunders Island; the latter settlement was expanded by British captain John MacBride a year later.