%0 Journal Article %T El conf¨ªn maldito: viajeros al Estrecho de Magallanes (Siglo XVI) %A Benites %A Mar¨ªa Jes¨²s %J Revista Pilquen %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the "magellanstrait" was the most far and inhospitable place of the new world, during the spanish colonization process. in this paper i study a corpus wrote by those who participated or commanded three expeditions: fernando de magallanes (1519), juan de ladrillero (1557) and pedro sarmiento de gamboa (1579 and 1581). %K magellan straight %K xvi the century %K colonization %K travel stories %K geographical space. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-31232008000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en