Sunday, January 29, 2012

Seafaring Sunday: Around the Horn

January 29, 1616:  Dutchman Willem Cornelius Schouten and his colleague Jakob Le Maire "discover" Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America.  Schouten names the cape after his home town in Holland: Hoorn.

Header: Willem Cornelius Schouten, an engraving from his book on his adventures on the high seas, navigation and South America, among other things, c 1619
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!January 30, 2012 at 1:07 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Kind of like Captain Cook "discovering" Alaska and Hawaii...

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  2. PaulineJanuary 30, 2012 at 2:26 PM

    And the list goes on and on...

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