Falklands Collection

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles

British soldiers in the Falklands 1982

HMS Invincible Returns from the Falklands in 1982
HMS Invincible returns to massive celebrations following the Falklands Conflict in 1982

Falklands War - 1982
Directorate of Overseas Surveys map of the Falklands Islands, 1983 (c). One of four maps of the Falkland Islands, 1982 (c)-1984 (c)

Hms Invincible
British battle cruiser which distinguished herself in World War One in the battle against Von Spees squadron off the Falklands. Date: 1915

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

Three Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2s from 120, 201 and 206 Squadrons, RAF Kinloss, preparing for the following days flypast over London at the conclusion of the Falklands parade on 12 October 1982

Memorial to the HMS Sheffield hit offshore by Exocet missile in May 1982, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Gnomes, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Rockhopper penguins - surfing in to shore
JPF-13010 Rockhopper penguins - surfing in to shore New Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

PARATROOPERS HUDDLE AGAINST THE ROCKS ON MOUNT LONGDON DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR, 12/6/1982

Old Map of Falkland Islands and Patagonia 1851 by John Tallis
A fine facimile artworked from an antique original map of the Falkland Islands and Patagonia

Gentoo Penguins Pygoscelis papua entering sea on Sea Lion Island Falklands

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Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata Drake Passage Southern Ocean November

Queen Elizabeth II leaving Southampton with 5th Infantry Bri
One of six colour photographs of The Queen Elizabeth II leaving Southampton with 5th Infantry Brigade, 12 May 1982

Falklands Shipwrecks on Falkland beach

Black-browed Albatross (Diomedea melanophoris) adult pair, courtship preening, close-up of heads, Falkland Islands

Garden gnomes, Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, South America

Antarctic Skua - In flight Catharacta antarctica New Island Falklands BI008518
COS-2252 Antarctic Skua - in flight New Island, Falklands Catharacta antarctica Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

HMS Cornwall, launched in 1902. Monmouth Class cruiser - fought at Battle of Falklands in 1914 and involved in the sinking of the German cruiser Leipzig'. Date: circa 1905

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 1729 - 1811, French admiral and explorer

Zone painting, South America, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, Arancania, Falkland Islands, from natural history and ethnology, hand-coloured plate by Traugott Bromme, Stuttgart 1846, South America

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), Volunteer Point, East Falkland, Falkland Islands, South America

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) cleans its plumage at a fresh water site, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and Blackish Cinclodes, also (Cinclodes antarcticus), Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom, South America

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and Blackish Cinclodes, also (Cinclodes antarcticus), Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom, South America

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at the beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) at the beach, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), Altoids at nest, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Saunders Island, Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), Penguin shower, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris), beaked altoids, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Greetings from the penguin
Joan Gil Raga

Colin Firth filming in "Tumbledown"the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l)
Colin Firth filming in " Tumbledown" the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l), a Scots Guards officer who was shot through the head during The Falklands War - November 1987 (nov 87-6641)

Filming of "Tumbledown"the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l)
Filming of " Tumbledown" the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l), a Scots Guards officer who was shot through the head during The Falklands War - November 1987 (nov 87-6641)

The men of the 29th Marine Commando Royal Artillery return from the Falklands. They wade ashore at Plymouth from the same landing craft used in their invasion of San Carlos Bay

Falklands Victory Parade, London. 12th October 1982

Gentoo penguin performing ballet dance, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Adult southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), at breeding colony on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Adult southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), at breeding colony on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Adult black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys), close up at nesting site on West Point Island, Falklands, South America

Sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst, WW1
Sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst, 8 December 1914, in the Battle of the Falklands, First World War. 1914

ARGENTINE SOLDIERS THROWING THEIR WEAPONS ONTO A PILE AT PORT STANLEY AFTER SURRENDERING TO THE BRITISH TASK FORCE DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR - 1982

Colin Firth (r) in "Tumbledown"the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l)
Colin Firth (r) in " Tumbledown" the story of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence (l), a Scots Guards officer who was shot through the head during The Falklands War - November 1987 (nov 87-6641)

ROYAL NAVY ESCORTS WITH THE TASK FORCE DURING THE FALKLANDS WAR IN 1982

FALKLANDS WAR TASK FORCE - SOLDIER TALKING TO CHILDREN & DRINKING HOT DRINK - April 1982

The return of the Europic Ferry from the Falklands War, Southampton. Pictured, men are greeted by awaiting families. 17th July 1982

Fallen heroes from the Falklands come home. Sixty four bodies are brought back in Union Jack draped containers aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Sir Bedivere. Southampton

The return of the Europic Ferry from the Falklands War, Southampton. Pictured, Lance Bombardier Paul Smith, from Nottingham, celebrates his safe return with Sunday Mirror Task Force Ale

Eight and a half thousand bottles of specially brewed beer have been flown out to the Falkland Islands, thats one bottle each for the troops stationed on the islands

Falklands Victory Parade, London. 12th October 1982

The Prime Minister Mrs Margaret Thatcher at the Luncheon held for the Falklands heroes at The Guildhall, London. 12th October 1982

QE2 returns home to Southampton. Union Jacks are festooned on cars, draped on shoulders, waved on sticks

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets disabled veterans at the Falklands Victory Parade Banquet at the Guildhall, London, 12th October 1982

Royal Fleet auxiliary "Sir Lancelot"and repair vessel Stena Seaspread arrive
Royal Fleet auxiliary " Sir Lancelot" and repair vessel Stena Seaspread arrive back from the South Atlantic. They are returning from the Falklands to a heros welcome at Portsmouth

Royal Fleet auxiliary "Sir Lancelot"(pictured
Royal Fleet auxiliary " Sir Lancelot" (pictured) and repair vessel Stena Seaspread arrive back from the South Atlantic

Britains luxury cruise liner Canberra sets sail from Southampton with its cargo of troops heading to the Falkland Islands, prepared for war

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Pictured on the day she attends an emergency session on the Falklands Islands debate which is held at the House of Commons. 3rd April 1982

Prince Andrew arrives at Portsmouth on the carrier HMS Invincible, which sailed home from the Falklands to a tumultuous welcome

Rex Masterman Hunt, Governor of the Falkland Islands, pictured in Whitehall

Queen Elizabeth II greets Prince Andrew on return from Falklands 1982 with Prince Philip and Princess Anne onboard HMS Invincible at Portsmouth docks. 17th September 1982

Women Army July 1983 The First group of WRAC girls to join servicemen and army nurses in the Falkland Island leaves from RAF Brize Norton

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display

Falklands War 1982 Scottish soldiers who form part of the garrison left to gaurd the Islands after the war pose on a beach with penguins in the background 1984

A male and a female steamer ducks (Tachyeres brachypterus) walking together, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguins walking through a sandstorm, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

A group of rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) on top of a small islet, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

A macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), East Falkland, Falkland Islands

Gentoo Penguins coming out of the ocean, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

An adult King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) feeding its chick, East Falkland, Falkland Islands

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), East Falkland, Falkland Islands

A line of Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) walking on the beach, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands

Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys Steeple Jason Island Falklands November

Mass landing
Joan Gil Raga

SS Atlantic Conveyor, roll-on roll-off container ship, on 26 may 1982, the day after being struck by two Exocet missiles in the South Atlantic near the Falkland Islands

FALKLAND ISLANDS, SAUNDERS ISLAND-75768
Raimondo Restelli

Penguins lovers
Joan Gil Raga

Cunard Line, QE2 Wedgwood teapot, embroidered badges
CUNARD: Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) Wedgwood Queen's Grill First-Class teapot. 5ins

HMS Hermes R12
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes R12, a Centaur-class aircraft carrier, modified as an ASW - Commando - Air Defence carrier, seen entering Devonport after returning from the Falklands conflict, in 1982

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

The Sinking of the Gneisenau, illustration from Told in the Huts
STC308710 The Sinking of the Gneisenau, illustration from Told in the Huts: The YMCA Gift Book, published 1916 (colour litho) by Cuneo

Falkland Islands and Patagonia, from a Series of World Maps published by John Tallis & Co
STC190607 Falkland Islands and Patagonia, from a Series of World Maps published by John Tallis & Co

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Falklands: A Journey through History and Nature" Step into the captivating world of the Falkland Islands, where history intertwines with breathtaking natural wonders. From the Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map in 1982 to HMS Invincible's triumphant return from the Falklands War, this archipelago has witnessed significant moments that have shaped its identity. The echoes of war still resonate as we delve into the events surrounding the Falklands conflict. The heroic efforts of Hms Invincible and other vessels during this tumultuous period are etched in our collective memory. As we remember those who sacrificed their lives, a memorial stands tall for HMS Sheffield, tragically hit by an Exocet missile. But amidst these reminders of strife, there is also beauty to be found. Witnessing Rockhopper penguins gracefully surfing onto New Island's shores fills one's heart with awe. These charismatic creatures epitomize resilience and adaptability in their natural habitat within South Atlantic islands. Venturing further inland reveals unexpected surprises; gnomes whimsically dotting Port Stanley streets add a touch of enchantment to this remote corner of South America. And if you're yearning for a glimpse into centuries past, an old map from 1851 showcases how the Falkland Islands and Patagonia were once intertwined. Nature enthusiasts will find solace on Sea Lion Island as Gentoo Penguins elegantly enter the sea against a backdrop of untouched landscapes. Their graceful movements remind us that life persists even in seemingly desolate places. Lastly, let us not forget those who fought valiantly on Mount Longdon during the Falklands War - paratroopers huddling against rocks symbolize bravery amid adversity. Intriguing history merges seamlessly with mesmerizing wildlife encounters on these remarkable islands known as "Falklands. " Whether it be exploring ancient maps or witnessing penguins' playful antics, each moment spent here unveils another layer of this extraordinary destination.