Narrative of the surveying voyages of his majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle (vol.1): between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagles's circumnavigation of the globe

Dec. 1826. of magalhaens. 11 preponderated. The officers and crews of both ships were healthy, and elated with the prospect before them ; our vessels were in every respect strong and sea-worthy ; and we were possessed of every comfort and resource necessary for encoun- tering much greater difficulties than we had any reason to anticipate. There has existed much difference of opinion as to the correct mode of spelling the name of the celebrated navigator who discovered this Strait. The French and English usually write it Magellan, and the Spaniards Magallanes ; but by the Portuguese (and he was a native of Portugal) it is universally written Magalhaens. Admiral Burnoy and Mr. Dalrymple spell it Magalhanes, M'hich mode I have elsewhere adopted, but I have since convinced myself of the propriety of following the Portuguese orthography for a name which, to this day, is very common both in Portugal and Brazil.