In October 1520 this Portuguese explorer became the first European to reach Chile & Tierra del Fuego
IN 1970 HE 
BECAME THE FIRST DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED MARXIST TO HEAD A... [DOC] [TLE] CAP HORN, TOUGH CAPE | Jules Verne - Spindrift racing [PAR] Intent on searching for a southern route, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand ... On 
October 21st,1520, the explorer entered All Saints Channel and became the first 
... navigator would give his name to the strait that separated Tierra del Fuego 
from the ... in the early 19th century, mainly in Chile, on the continent's western 
coast.