The Americas, November 1st, 2002
A simple story that started on Chile's Juan Fernandez archipelago spawned a legend that has inspired numerous books and films over centuries and across oceans
October 1574
When the Spanish captain Juan Fernandez set sail from Lima bound for Santiago, he expected a voyage of no less than three months. Running against the Humboldt Current and contrary winds, ships often took three times thata female passenger had once conceived and delivered aboard-but the return journey usually lasted no longer than three weeks. Imagine the surprise, then, when the Valparaiso harbormaster saw Fernandez's ship...
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