The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Description of the Strait.—Western Entranc?.—Point Dunseness.—Tlie Narrows.—Saint Philips Bay.—Cape Froward.—Grand Scenery.—Port Famine.—I he Sedger River.—Darwins Ascent of JlountTarn.—The Bachelor River.—Enj^ Reach.—Sea Reach.—South Desolation.— Harbor of Mercy.—Williwaws.—Discovery of the Strait by Ma2:ellan (October 20, 1521).—Drake.—Sarmiento.—Cav-endish.—Schouten and Le Maire.—BjTon.—Bougainville.—AVallis and Ca
The polar and tropical worlds : a description of man and nature in the polar and equatorial regions of the globe . STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE STRAIT OF MAGELLAN. Description of the Strait.—Western Entranc?.—Point Dunseness.—Tlie Narrows.—Saint Philips Bay.—Cape Froward.—Grand Scenery.—Port Famine.—I he Sedger River.—Darwins Ascent of JlountTarn.—The Bachelor River.—Enj^ Reach.—Sea Reach.—South Desolation.— Harbor of Mercy.—Williwaws.—Discovery of the Strait by Ma2:ellan (October 20, 1521).—Drake.—Sarmiento.—Cav-endish.—Schouten and Le Maire.—BjTon.—Bougainville.—AVallis and Carteret.—King and Fitz-roy.—Settlement at Punta Arenas.—Licreasing Passage through the Strait.—A future Highway ofCommerce. npiIE celebrated strait which bears the name of Magellan is generally pic- X turecl as the scene of a wild and dreary desolation; but though its climate is far from being genial, and its skies are often veiled with mists and rain, yetnature can smile even here. A glance at the map shows us the extreme irregularity of its formation, asi
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