This illustration dates to 1902. Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who organized the Spanish expedition to the East Indies from 1519 to 1522, resulting in the first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by Juan Sebastián Elcano. Magallanes y La Antarctica Chilena is the largest and southernmost region of Chile. Named for  Magellan, the Portuguese navigator, it became a colonial territory in 1853 and a province in 1929.

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