The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan ...

Magellan was convinced that by sailing west instead of east and going through a rumored strait through South America, he could map a new route to Indonesia and India. So he abandoned his ...

This area is the renowned Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. It is named for Magellan, as he is considered the first European to have sailed through it in 1519 ...

Chilean researchers have detected a naturally-occurring crude oil leak along the Strait of Magellan in far-southern South America thanks to sensors mounted on a ferry. Ricardo Giesecke ...

Divers and robots descended into the icy waters of the Strait of Magellan and photographed the presence of red hydrocorals from a depth of 1.3 meters down to 47 meters, it was also explained.