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Magellan and the Strait of Magellan
I JUST sailed near the end of the earth closer to Antarctica than anywhere else through the tip of South America. This area is the renowned Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the ...
The steamer Santiago was wrecked in the Straits of Magellan on the 23d of January. She belonged to the Pacific Steam Navigation Company of Valparaiso. She had on board 120 passengers. Only three ...
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Magellan: The man and the myth
AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan was in Philippine waters. In a little over three weeks from ...
Divers and robots descended into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan and photographed the presence of red hydrocorals from a depth of 1.3 meters down to 47 meters, it was also explained.
Five months later, Magellan reached Rio de Janeiro in what is now Brazil. This was to be the beginning of a year-long journey to find what is now called the Strait of Magellan. There were mutinies ...
Scientists in southern Chile have found in the Strait of Magellan a type of red hydrocoral, consisting of immobile animals similar in appearance to a plant or a rock. The specimens of “Errina ...