Feb 25 - Strait of Magellan

Today was a sea day but Sam really liked the views. He was sailing through the Strait of Magellan. It is the route that the famous explorer took around South America. He was the first person to sail around the world almost 500 years ago. He had a group of five ships that found their way from Europe and found a way to sail around the American continents. There are hundreds of islands in Patagonia (the name Magellan gave to the area). Some islands were inhabited, but most were not. Since that time, once the countries of Argentina and Chile were formed, the end of the continent was divided between the two countries.