If you ask most people to name the first person to circumnavigate the globe, they will likely answer Ferdinand Magellan ... that persists around Magellan. In “Straits: Beyond the Myth of ...

To avoid Portuguese territories altogether, Magellan vowed to find a western sea route ... the western passage has been named Strait of Magellan after Ferdinand Magellan. In the 19th century ...

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand ... Magellan paid with his life. This was the near end of a disastrous voyage from Spain through the South Atlantic Ocean, at whose end the ...

Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand ... to see who could find and claim new territory where they could source the spices coveted by European aristocrats. In 1505, Magellan joined the fight ...

Straits: Beyond the Myth of Magellan, by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Bloomsbury, $39.99. Was Ferdinand Magellan one of the greatest frauds in history? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, a world-renowned ...

This area is the renowned Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is named for Magellan, as he is considered the first European to have sailed through it in 1519 ...

Most visitors flock to Chile's southernmost province—also known as Magallanes (named after 16th-century conquistador Ferdinand Magellan ... separated by the Strait of Magellan and two soaring ...

More than 13,000 people on Saturday marked the arrival of the austral winter with a dip in the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan ... Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, the first European ...

AROUND this time of year in 1521, the explorer Ferdinand Magellan ... local power struggles, Magellan paid with his life. This was the near end of a disastrous voyage from Spain through the South ...