https://freerepublic.com/tag/magellanstrait/ en-us Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:55:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3899854/posts 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. The five vessels expedition called in Cabo Verde island, the bay of Rio do Janeiro, the River Plate and San Julián in Patagonia, where they decided to land and spend the challenging austral winter, before heading for their destination of the... mercopress https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3899854/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:55:50 GMT