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    Why did Ferdinand Magellan name a certain archipelago Tierra del Fuego?

    Question #115386. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 19 10 9:22 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		The name Tierra del Fuego derives from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sailing for the Spanish Crown, who was the first European to visit these lands in 1520. He believed he was seeing the many fires (fuego in Spanish) of the Yaghan, which were visible from the sea and that the "Indians" were waiting in the forests to ambush his armada. Originally called the "Land of Smoke," it was later changed to "Land of Fire."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego

    Jun 19 10, 9:26 PM

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