Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Drake Passage. Indian Ocean. Arabian Sea. Bay of Bengal. ... {Global Heat Maps by Year}} Atlas portal
You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
The Scotia Sea is the area of water between the Drake Passage, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, the South Orkney Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. These island groups all sit atop the Scotia Arc, which frames the sea on the north, east, and south. The Scotia Sea covers an area around 900,000 km 2 (347,500 sq mi).
Elizabeth Island, and Port Sir Francis Drake, appeared on maps as late as that of Emanuel Bowen in 1747, but neither place was visited or seen again. Because of this, later writers have contended that Drake actually landed at Cape Horn , from an account of the voyage – The World Encompassed – by Drake's nephew in 1628.
Nolita 19 In Signature Canvas. $97 $188 Save $91. See at Coach Outlet. Mini Rowan File Bag. $66 $250 Save $184. ... Maps show holiday weather forecast. Advertisement. Advertisement. Advertisement.
Francis Drake (English); expedition against the Spanish Main 1577–1580; westward from England; in Golden Hind; discovered the Drake Passage but entered the Pacific via the Strait of Magellan; first English circumnavigation and the second carried out in a single expedition. Drake was the first to complete a circumnavigation as captain while ...