estrecho de Magallanes

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Proper noun

Estrecho de Magallanes m

  1. Strait of Magellan
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 62:
      Esta armada del Obispo de Placencia, don Gutierre Vargas de Carvajal, fué una expedición de cuatro navíos que naufragó en el Estrecho de Magallanes, en 1540, perdiéndose dos de las naves, una por haberse varado y otra por haber sido arrastrada por las corrientes.
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