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17th century Dutch East India Company map of the Strait of Magellan; a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães), a Portuguese sailor in the service of Charles I of Spain, became the first European to navigate the strait in 1520 during his global circumnavigation voyage.

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17th century Dutch East India Company map of the Strait of Magellan; a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. Ferdinand Magellan (Portuguese: Fernão de Magalhães), a Portuguese sailor in the service of Charles I of Spain, became the first European to navigate the strait in 1520 during his global circumnavigation voyage.