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Cape Horn. A Maritime History, by Robin Knox-Johnston. London Hodder&Stoughton ISBN 978-0-340-41527-6; Cape Horn: The Story of the Cape Horn Region, by Felix Riesenberg and William A. Briesemeister. Ox Bow Press, 1994. ISBN 978-1-881987-04-8; Cape Horn and Other Stories From the End of the World, by Francisco Coloane. Latin American Literary ...
A great cape, for us, can't be expressed in longitude and latitude alone. A great cape has a soul, with very soft, very violent shadows and colours. A soul as smooth as a child's, as hard as a criminal's. And that is why we go. [5]
In 1525, Spanish navigator Francisco de Hoces discovered the Drake Passage while sailing south from the entrance of the Strait of Magellan. [2] Because of this, the Drake Passage is referred to as the "Mar de Hoces (Sea of Hoces)" in Spanish maps and sources, while almost always in the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries it is mostly known as “Pasaje de Drake” (in Argentina, mainly), or ...
Mary Ann Bragg, Cape Cod Times August 30, 2024 at 5:12 AM On recent Labor Day weekends , a protest group notable for their costume and face paint has regularly made an appearance on a Cape Cod ...
Cape Horn was a major milestone on the route, and a daunting prospect. The region is beset by dangerous winds and often towering waves that beat against rocky cliffs on uncharted shores. It was not uncommon for the passage from east to west to take a full month before a sailing ship broke through powerful head winds coming from the west.
The stormy weather and strong currents that the waters around Cape Horn are so famous for also affect the strait. To avoid the risk of being blown against the shore of Tierra del Fuego, sailing ships often instead favour going around to the east of Isla de los Estados.
Because the route ran for much of its length through the Southern Ocean, south of the three great capes (the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin and Cape Horn), it exposed ships to the hazards of fierce winds, huge waves, and icebergs. The combination of the fastest ships, the highest risks, and the greatest rewards combined to give the route a ...
From sexual assault to abduction and murder, schools like Columbia, University of Virginia and Duke have made national headlines and put a spotlight on campus safety -- but when the number ...