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The Strait of Magellan is important because at the time it was discovered, it was a far safer route to reaching the Pacific that trying to cross around Cape Horn. Ferdinand Magellan was the first explorer to sail from the Atlantic into the Pacific via a western route. This remained the safest route until 1914 when the Panama Canal was built.

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