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Land adjacent to the Strait of Magellan has been inhabited by indigenous Americans for at least 13,000 years. Upon their arrival in the region, they would have encountered native equines (), the large ground sloth Mylodon, saber toothed cats the extinct jaguar subspecies Panthera onca mesembrina, the bear Arctotherium, the superficially camel-like Macrauchenia, the fox-like canid Dusicyon avus ...
Map of the Dispute of Eastern Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan between Argentina and Chile (1842–1881). The East Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Strait of Magellan Dispute [1] or the Patagonia Question was the boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile [2] during the 19th century [3] [4] for the possession of the southernmost territories of South America [5] on the ...
The Piri Reis map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. ... and Strait of Magellan's Atlantic opening. [97] ...
In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...
The Salviati Planisphere is a world map showing the Spanish view of the Earth's surface at the time of the map's creation, c. 1525, and includes the eastern coasts of North and South America and the Straits of Magellan. Rather than include imagined material in unexplored areas—as was customary—it is content to leave them blank, inviting ...
If you're more about the mountainous views, than Mountain View, then you might be pleased to hear that Magellan is bringing National Geographic's TOPO! maps to its eXplorist range of outdoor GPS ...
Five ships, including Magellan’s Nao Trindad, sailed from Seville, Spain, on Aug. 10, 1519, crossed the Atlantic, sailed along the coast of South America, discovered the Strait of Magellan and ...
The Republic of Chile founded Fuerte Bulnes in 1843, and later moved that settlement to the site of Punta Arenas in 1847, giving a strong impulse to steam navigation through the Strait of Magellan and probably averted the occupation of the strategically crucial strait by the European powers or the United States.