Hope Place (known in Spanish as ''Valle Esperanza'') was a small settlement in

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. It was set up in 1846, by Samuel Lafone, a British-born Montevideo merchant, on the south shores of Brenton Loch. It was mainly populated by

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s brought in from continental

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.Falkland Islands Timeline: A Chronology of events in the history of the Falkland Islands
The area is now abandoned.

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East Falkland Populated places on East Falkland History of the Falkland Islands 1846 establishments in the Falkland Islands {{Falklands-geo-stub

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