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Cape Horn

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1. Cape Horn - Noun

2. Cape Horn - Proper noun

Meaning

a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego)

Source: WordNet

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A Collection of Voyages Made to the Ocean Between Cape Horn and Cape of Good Hope. Source: Internet

Flora Laguna de Sonso tropical dry forest in Northern Andes The Andean region cuts across several natural and floristic regions due to its extension from Caribbean Venezuela to cold, windy and wet Cape Horn passing through the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Source: Internet

Before the Panama Canal was opened, ships from Europe had to sail around Cape Horn in order to get to the Pacific Coast. Source: Internet

Every year ships would come from London to the Pacific (via Cape Horn ) to drop off supplies and trade goods in their trading posts in the Pacific Northwest and pick up the accumulated furs used to pay for these supplies. Source: Internet

In 1615, Jacob le Maire and Willem Schouten 's rounding of Cape Horn proved that Tierra del Fuego was a relatively small island, while in 1642 Abel Tasman 's first pacific voyage proved that Australia was not part of the mythical southern continent. Source: Internet

I then sailed it around the world by way of the fearsome Cape Horn. Source: Internet

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