guaiteca

Updated: June 11, 2025

Between it and the main-land is a vast gulf or bay, which extends from lat. 41° 32´ to 44° 50´ both S. and lies between the longitudes of 72° 44´ and 74° 20´ both W. This is called the gulf of Chiloé, Guaiteca, or Elancud; and besides the great island of Chiloé, contains eighty-two smaller islands, thinly inhabited by Indians and a few Spaniards.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the : Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea : and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time