Qualla: Strait of Magellan https://qualla.com/strait-of-magellan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Strait of Magellan https://qualla.com/strait-of-magellan Strait of Magellan: Introduction https://qualla.com/strait-of-magellan/ On All Saints' Day, the first of November 1520, five battered ships nosed into an unknown channel and a navigator gambled everything on a hunch. Ferdinand Magellan believed this winding cleft in the land would carry his fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He was right, though the strait that now bears his name nearly destroyed him first. Roughly 570 kilometers long and squeezing to barely two kilometers at its narrowest, the Strait of Magellan separates the South American mainland from the islands of Tierra del Fuego, and for nearly four centuries it was the most important natural passage between the world's two greatest oceans.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/q/m/s/strait-of-magellan-wp/4qms-strait-of-magellan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Strait of Magellan: A Channel Named in Hope https://qualla.com/strait-of-magellan/ Magellan first called it the Estrecho de Todos los Santos, the Strait of All Saints, for the day his ships entered it. The King of Spain, Emperor Charles V, who had bankrolled the expedition, later renamed the passage for the navigator himself. The route is treacherous. Its chann...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/q/m/s/strait-of-magellan-wp/4qms-strait-of-magellan-a-channel-named-in-hope.mp3 0:06 2 full Strait of Magellan: The People of the Channels https://qualla.com/strait-of-magellan/ Long before any European sail appeared, four peoples lived along these waters, and they could hardly have been more finely adapted to a place so hostile. The Kawésqar paddled the western channels in bark canoes. The Tehuelche, the one non-maritime culture among them, fished the c...

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