Wintering in Patagonia

Timeline

1. 1520Port San Julián · PatagoniaAfter a difficult Atlantic passage southward, the fleet anchored at Port San Julián, using the southern winter to rest, repair ships, and stock supplies while continuing to explore southward for a strait entrance.
2. 1520Port San Julián · PatagoniaSpanish captains Juan de Cartagena, Gaspar de Quesada, and others launched a mutiny against continuing south. Magellan set an ambush, captured the ringleaders, executed Quesada, and exiled Cartagena, reorganizing the command structure.
3. 1520Southern coast of Patagonia · PatagoniaAfter the winter the fleet resumed its southward voyage; the Santiago was wrecked on a reef during this leg, and the remaining ships continued searching along the coast, finally discovering the waterway to the Pacific in October.