See also:

• MAGALLANES (Spanish form of Magellan)

MAGALLANES (See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan)  , a territory of See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

Chile extending from 470 S. to Cape See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn and including the mainland from the See also:

• ARGENTINE

Argentine frontier to the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, the islands extending along that coast, the Fuegian See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago, and the western See also:

• HALF

half of Tierra del Fuego . See also:

• AREA

Area, about 71,127 sq. m.; pop . (1895), 5170 . It is one of the most inhospitable regions of the See also:

• WORLD

world, being exposed to See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly storms for most of the See also:

• YEAR

year . The islands are barren, but the mainland is covered with forests, practically inaccessible to exploitation because of the inclement See also:

• CLIMATE

climate and the wet spongy See also:

• SOIL

soil . The coast is indented with bays and fjords and affords remarkable scenery . There is little See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• LIFE

life on See also:

• LAND

land, but the coast is frequented by the See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal and See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• OTTER
• OTTER (0. Eng. ate, otor, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch and Ger. Otter, Dan. odder, Swed. utter; it is to be referred to the root seen in Gr. 6&ep, water)
• OTTER, SEA

otter and the sheltered See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters by See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count-less sea-See also:

• FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl . The only permanent settlements are at Punta Arenas, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, on the Straits of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan, Palomares on See also:

• OTWAY, THOMAS (1652-1685)

Otway See also:

• WATER

Water, See also:

• MINA, FRANCISCO ESPOZ Y (1781-1836)

Mina Marta on Skyring Water, and Ultima Esperanza (Last See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope) on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• WORSLEY
• WORSLEY, PHILIP STANHOPE (1835-1866)

Worsley See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound . All are east of the Andean ranges and partially sheltered from the westerly storms . In this sheltered region there are open plains where See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep are grazed . A few sheep ranges have been established on Tierra del Fuego . Some nomadic tribes of See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians inhabit Tierra del Fuego and the extreme southern end of the mainland, but their See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers are small .

See also:

• COAL

Coal has been found in the vicinity of Punta Arenas, and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold occurs . See The Voyage of the See also:

• ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

Adventure and Beagle (1839) .