Magellan Straits Map

Magellan Straits Map. Magellan, along with his crew, navigated through the strait, which was then unknown to Europeans, and became the first recorded Europeans to reach the Pacific. Maphill presents the map of Strait of Magellan in a wide variety of map types and styles


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The Strait of Magellan: 250 Years of Maps (1520-1787) The Strait of Magellan is a 350-mile navigable passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans located at the southern extremity of South America The first European to navigate the strait was Ferdinand Magellan (October 21-November 28, 1520), a Portuguese sailing for Spain, whose expedition eventually completed the first circumnavigation of the world

The Strait of Magellan is a 350-mile navigable passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans located at the southern extremity of South America which separates the mainland of Patagonia from the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego Magellan, along with his crew, navigated through the strait, which was then unknown to Europeans, and became the first recorded Europeans to reach the Pacific. The Strait of Magellan is a passageway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific

. Map showing the location of the Strait of Magellan between continental South America and the Tierra del Fuego archipelago The Strait of Magellan: 250 Years of Maps (1520-1787) The Strait of Magellan is a 350-mile navigable passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans located at the southern extremity of South America

. It is just south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. Although the strait follows a somewhat tortuous course among numerous islands and channels and has a cold, foggy climate, it was an important sailing-ship route before the building of.