Question

3.It is the small passage or isthmus traversed by Magellan’s fleet somewhere at the tip of the South American continent.

Answer 1

Answer:

A strait was found by Magellan that directed through South America through its southernmost tip from the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean.

Magellan, the strait was the named after Ferdinand Magellan, the renowned Portuguese explorer who started the Spanish expedition. Navigation was rather difficult through the Magellan Strait. The name Dark Passage was conferred to it due to its narrowness and winds and air current that entered unpredictably.