10h 29min, dec 13, 1577 y - Sir Francis Drake
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Sir Francis Drake became the first Englishman to navigate the Straits of Magellan. He discovered that Tierra del Fuego, the land south of the Magellan Strait, was not part of a southern continent as had been believed, but a group of islands.Added to timeline:
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10h 29min, dec 13, 1577 y
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