The
original capital of the islands was at Port Louis to the north of the
present site of Stanley, on Berkeley Sound. Captains Francis RawdonMoria
Crozier and James Clarke Ross were recruited by Governor Moody in his quest to
find a new capital for The Falklands. Both Crozier and Ross (who are remembered
in Crozier Place and Ross Road in Stanley) were among the Navy's most
distinguished seafarers. They spent 5 months in the islands with their
