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IT is with a feeling of disappointment that one learns that the name of Tierra del Fuego does not carry in it the tradition of the volcanic fires which, though once seen by man, are now nearly all extinct; but we are told that the name was given by Magellan because of the immense number of fires lighted by the native Indians to keep themselves warm or cook their food, or give notice of the approach of strange craft. All the descriptions of the country connect it in climate with Chili, the land of snow, as its native name implies, and give greater prominence to its glaciers and icebergs than to its one still active volcano.
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H., T. The Farthest South 1 . Nature 67, 175–176 (1902). https://doi.org/10.1038/067175a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/067175a0