JOURNAL ARTICLE

MAGELLAN’S STRAITS OR ROUND THE HORN?: THE BRITISH DISCOURSE ON PASSING FROM ATLANTIC TO PACIFIC, 1670-1770.

  • Published In: Globe (0311-3930), 2023, n. 93. P. 1 1 of 3

  • Database: Sociology Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Parker, Katherine 3 of 3

Abstract

Perhaps the most ubiquitous and quotidian legacy of Magellan’s ground-breaking circumnavigation is the eponymous toponym used for the straits between Atlantic and Pacific. While he was the first known European to traverse them, Magellan was certainly not the last and these later navigators left their own marks on the understanding of these strategic waterways. This article will investigate the mapping and description of the straits by English/British voyages in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It investigates how navigators approached the treacherous passage via the examination of manuscript, textual, and cartographic representations of Patagonian space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Globe (0311-3930). 2023/01, Issue 93, p1
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0311-3930
  • Accession Number:164266039
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