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Courtney's Antarctica's History timeline

By courtney.wiggins
  • Sep 21, 1519

    discovery

    discovery
    In September, Ferdinand Magellan sails from Spain in search of a westerly route to the Indies. Sailing down the coast of South America he discovered the narrow straight passing through to the Pacific Ocean which today bears his name. To the south lies Tierra del Fuego which the early geographers assumed to be the edge of the southern continent.
  • Sep 13, 1578

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    Francis Drake passes through the Straights of Megellan only to find himself blown significantly
    southward due to a tremendous storm in the Pacific. This event proved that Tierra del Fuego was separated from any southern continent and the passageway came to be known as the "Drake Passage".