Strait Of Magellan World Map

1480 27 april 1521 was a portuguese explorer who organised the spanish expedition to the east indies from 1519 to 1522 resulting in the first circumnavigation of the earth which was completed by juan sebastián elcano.

Strait of magellan world map. 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 the panama canal completed in 1914 shortened the atlantic pacific passage by several thousand miles. Strait of magellan google maps. Around the world mailing list. Fernão de magalhães ipa.

It lies almost entirely within chilean territorial waters. Ferdinand magellan m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ l ə n or m ə ˈ dʒ ɛ l ə n. Strait of magellan the strait of magellan spanish. The strait s western part goes northwest from magdalena channel s northern end to the pacific ocean.

The fleet carrying about 270 men predominantly from spain and portugal but also from far flung parts of europe and north africa reached tenerife in the canary islands on september 26 1519 and set sail on october 3 for brazil. Fernando de magallanes ipa. The strait of magellan also called the straits of magellan or estrecho de magallanes is an important natural sea channel linking the atlantic and pacific oceans between the southern tip of south america and tierra del fuego island. World map south america strait of magellan.

Please enter the anti spam code reload. The existence of such a strait was suggested on world maps as early as 1507 when the german cartographer martin waldseemüller issued his landmark wall map bearing for the first time the name america. The strait s northwest part is similar to the alaska s inside passage. Estrecho de magallanes also called the straits of magellan is a navigable sea route in southern chile separating mainland south america to the north and tierra del fuego to the south.

His chosen route around the continent in 1520 shown with red arrows though dangerous at times proved to be the fastest and safest connection between the. Other bodies of water. By november 29 having crossed the atlantic successfully it was 27 leagues southwest of cape st. Tierra del fuego.

Ferdinand magellan ferdinand magellan discovery of the strait of magellan. Born around 1480 into a family of minor. The strait is considered the most important natural passage between the atlantic and pacific oceans. Strait of magellan has length of approx 570 km 350 ml and width of approx 2 km 1 2 ml at carlos iii island its narrowest point.

Fatih sultan mehmet bridge. The famous explorator used to pass troughout this little and very dangerous way. Straight of magellan map description. He claimed to have seen such a strait on a chart in the treasury of king manuel i of portugal.

Becalmed off the guinea coast of africa it met storms before reaching the equator. South american sea lion otaria flavescens bull seno agostini fjord strait of magellan patagonia chile 8730879 framed prints posters canvas puzzles metal photo gifts and wall art.