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Brazil history part 8 .Year 1519.

The trip of Fernando de Magalhães or Magallanes

In the year 1519, two famous portuguese arrive to the Bahia of Rio de Janeiro Fernando de Magalhães, and Ruy Falleiro, then to the service of Spain, but their mission was to do the first turn of the globe (December 13,1519).They leave to the then for their destiny; and Magalhães gives his name to the narrow strait that links Atlantic Ocean to Pacific in the south of America among the Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego (Earth of fire, actual Argentina, South America).