where does the name tierra del fuego come from
Tierra del Fuego The name Tierra del Fuego derives from the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan[clarification needed]; sailing for the Spanish Crown, in 1520 he was the first European to visit these lands. 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.[3]
Ombra mai fu The title translates from the Italian as "Never was a shade". It is sung by the main character, Xerxes I of Persia, admiring the shade of a plane tree.