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When did Ferdinand Magellan enter the passage later called the Strait of Magellan?
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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Ferdinand Magellan entered the passage now known as the Strait of Magellan on October 21, 1520.12
After rounding the Cape of the Virgins, he navigated the 350-mile-long channel for 38 days before his remaining ships reached the Pacific Ocean on November 28, 1520.132