 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Zvinonzi chitsuwa cheFalkland ndicho chakatanga kuonekwa nomufambisi wengarava wokuEngland ainzi John Davis musi wa14 August 1592. Kuonekwa kwokutanga kwakasimba kwezvitsuwa kwakaitwa naSebald de Weert anenge makore masere gare gare. Ikoku kwakateverwa nokutanga kunyorwa kwokutanga muna 1690 naJohn Strong, uyo akatumidza ruzha runoparadzanisa zviwi zviviri zvikuru zita raAnthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland. Zita racho rakazoshandiswa pazvitsuwa zvacho. Utongi hweFalklands hwakachinja ruoko pakati peBritain neSpain muzana rose ramakore rechi18. United Provinces of South America yakasimbisa uchangamire hwayo pazvitsuwa muna 1820, makore mana mushure mekunge United Provinces yazivisa rusununguko rwayokubva kuSpain. Zvisinei, vokuBritain vakatumira uto kuFalklands mukuvamba kwa1833 kuti vadzinge vakuru vakuru vokuArgentina ikoko uye vakavamba kugadza gavhuna wokutanga wenharaunda yacho makore masere gare gare. 