Magellan Straits

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• Straits of Magellan — The Straits of Magellan (rarely referred to as the Magellanic Straits) comprise a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland Chile and north of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The waterway is the most important natural passage between the …   Wikipedia

• Magellan — Magellanic /maj euh lan ik/, adj. /meuh jel euhn/, n. 1. Ferdinand, c1480 1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521. 2. Strait of, a strait near the S tip of South America between the mainland …   Universalium

• Straits — Strait Strait, n.; pl. {Straits}. [OE. straight, streit, OF. estreit, estroit. See {Strait}, a.] 1. A narrow pass or passage. [1913 Webster] He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold. Spenser. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Strait of Magellan — The Strait of Magellan (also called the Straits of Magellan or the Magellanic Strait) comprises a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego. The waterway is the most important natural passage… …   Wikipedia

• Ferdinand Magellan —     Ferdinand Magellan     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ferdinand Magellan     (Portuguese Fernão Magalhaes).     The first circumnavigator of the real world; born about 1480 at Saborosa in Villa Real, Province of Traz os Montes, Portugal; died… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• List of straits — This List of straits is an appendix to the article strait . See also: A* Agate Pass Puget Sound * Agattu Strait Aleutians * Akashi Strait Japan * Amchitka Pass Aleutians * Anegada Passage Virgin Islands and Anguilla * Arthur Kill Staten Island… …   Wikipedia

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• Richard Grenville — Sir Richard Grenville (June 6, 1542 ndash; September 10, 1591) (sp. var: Greynvile , Greeneville , Greenfield , etc.) was an Elizabethan sailor, explorer, and soldier. He was the grandfather of Sir Richard Grenville, of English Civil War… …   Wikipedia