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Cape Horn and Other Stories From the End of the World, by Francisco Coloane. Latin American Literary Review Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1-891270-17-8; Gipsy Moth Circles the World, Sir Francis Chichester; International Marine, 2001. ISBN 978-0-07-136449-2; Haul Away! Teambuilding Lessons from a Voyage around Cape Horn, by Rob Duncan. Authorhouse, 2005.
Brearley points out that until the Panama Canal opened in 1914, ships going from Europe to the west coast of the Americas had to dip round Cape Horn — the southern tip of South America — and ...
In 1616, Dutch navigator Willem Schouten became the first to sail around Cape Horn and through the Drake Passage. [5] On December 25, 2019, a crew of six explorers successfully rowed across the passage, becoming the first in history to do so. [6] This accomplishment became the subject of a 2020 documentary, The Impossible Row. [7]
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]
Land adjacent to the Strait of Magellan has been inhabited by indigenous Americans for at least 13,000 years. Upon their arrival in the region, they would have encountered native equines (), the large ground sloth Mylodon, saber toothed cats the extinct jaguar subspecies Panthera onca mesembrina, the bear Arctotherium, the superficially camel-like Macrauchenia, the fox-like canid Dusicyon avus ...
The delays of the voyage were most keenly felt when the squadron rounded Cape Horn. Weather conditions were atrocious; high sea states and contrary winds meant that progress west was very slow. Added to this was the deteriorating health of Wager ' s crew: the ongoing scurvy outbreak meant few able-bodied seamen were available to work the ship ...
Hornos Island (Spanish: Isla Hornos) is a Chilean island at the southern tip of South America.The island is mostly known for being the location of Cape Horn.It is generally considered South America's southernmost island, but the Diego Ramírez Islands are farther south.
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.