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===Departure and Atlantic crossing===
{{see also|Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan}}
Thomas Cavendish with his three ships and 123 men set out from [[Plymouth, England]] on 21 July 1586.

He anchored first at the [[Magdalena Island, Magallanes Region|island of Santa Magdalena]] near [[Punta Arenas]], in the [[Strait of Magellan]]. There, in two hours, they killed and salted two barrels full of penguins for food. After extensive exploration of the many inlets, labyrinths, and intricate channels of the islands and broken lands of [[Tierra del Fuego]] and its environs they emerged from the strait into the Pacific on 24 February and sailed up the coast of South America.