单词 | magellan straits |
释义 | > as lemmasMagellan straits Magellan straits n. (also Magellan's straits) the Straits of Magellan. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > specific strait Hellespont1596 Magellan1596 Magellan straits1613 phare1615 the Sounda1643 belt1644 fare1653 Magellanic Straits1690 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ix. i. 691 This Southern halfe of America hath also, at the Magellane Straits, contracted. 1670 J. Ogilby America iii. v. 474 (margin) Description of the Magellan Straights. 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 104 Those islands, situated opposite the eastern entrance of Magellan's Straits, appear to have been first discovered by the British. 1874 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 41 The northern Magellan Strait was found at last, and Queen Elizabeth at once proclaimed her purpose to build upon its entrance a fort to protect her right to this, her exclusive route, from all comers and rivals whatsoever. 1957 Internat. Affairs 33 401 Even Magellan's Strait is described as ‘fog bound’, much to my surprise after living for many years on its shores and seeing it in all its moods. 1985 Science 31 May 1110/3 Pollen and plant macrofossil records..are known from..the Nothofagus rainforest environment in the western Magellan Strait. < as lemmas |
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