Chile and Spain celebrating the 500ths anniversary of the Magellan Strait discovery in Punta Arenas

Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 00:09 UTC

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Chile and Spain are celebrating the 500th-anniversary discovery of the Magellan Strait, on November first 1520, by the round of the world expedition of Fernando Magellan and his second in command Sebastián Elcano, who had left Spain on September 1519, with five ships and some 247 crew, and only returned three years later with one vessel and 18 men. Read full article

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Roger Lorton
1520? Perhaps, but this globe was made in 1515

https://falklandstimeline.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/1515-johannes-sch%C3%B6ner-globe.jpg
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DemonTree
Brasil should claim Antarctica on the basis of that map. :)
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