CONQUEROR OF THE SEAS FERDINAND MAGELLANThe voyages of Columbus inspired boldness in other great explorers to discover new unhampered trade routes to the Spice Islands of the EastWhen Vasco Da Gama ro ...

Discover the Strait of Hormuz: its map, critical importance, key facts, and role as a vital chokepoint for global oil transit. Learn why this narrow waterway is essential to energy markets.

The first circumnavigation of the Earth, completed by the expedition led initially by Ferdinand Magellan and later by Juan Sebastián Elcano, stands as one of history’s greatest maritime ...

Magellan never appears in his movie as a hero or antihero, but as a bold profiteer reaping what he can out of a global race to secure land through war and plunder. Guns, germs and steel indeed.

In 'Magellan,' starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Lav Diaz depicts the decade of devastation wreaked by European conquistadors in the Pacific.

In Punta Arenas, located in Chilean Patagonia and on the Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the streets quickly filled with residents searching for shelters ...

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning, but no damage was reported.

A massive earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit Argentina with the epicentre being Drake Passage, located at 219 kilometres south of Ushuaia. Chilean authorities issued an evacuation alert for the ...

Due to fears that the tremblor could generate a potential tsunami, the Chilean government issued an evacuation order for the coastline of the Strait of Magellan, at the southern tip of South ...

In Punta Arenas, located in Chilean Patagonia and on the Strait of Magellan, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the streets quickly filled with residents searching for shelters ...