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Located at the southern tip of Argentina are the Straits of Magellan. Named after the Portuguese explorer who attempted to circumnavigate the earth. He had to travel that far south in order to get to the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic Ocean. While Magellan died in the Philippines, his remaining crew did make it back to Portugal.
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The Bering Strait got its name from Vitus Bering. He was a Russian explorer and explored areas of Asia and North America.
Luis Vaez de Torres was a Spanish navigator and explorer who is believed to have been born in Spain. He is known for his exploration of the Pacific Ocean and for the discovery of the strait that bears his name, the Torres Strait, which lies between Australia and New Guinea.
The Strait of Magellan.The Straits of MagellanA particularly famous straight in the southern part of South America is the Straight of Magellan. The strait is named after the great Portuguese explorer of the same name.
Yes. George Bass, together with Matthew Flinders, proved that Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) was an island, and not connected to the Australian mainland. Because it was his initiative that led to the expedition being organised, the strait of water Bass and Flinders discovered between the mainland and Tasmania bears the name of Bass Strait.
The strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name (Torres Strait).
It appears you may be referring to the name Juan de Fuca, which is the anglicized version of Ioánnis Fokás, a Greek maritime explorer in the 16th century. Juan de Fuca is best known for his claimed exploration of the strait that now bears his name, the Juan de Fuca Strait located between Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula.
Chile was discovered by the Spanish explorer Diego de Almagro in 1536.
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