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may 1, 1615 - Dutch explorer Schouten sails around Cape Horn

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Cape Horn is an rocky headline in South America.It is located in Chile. During the trip A boat caught on fire that is now saying that Cape Horn is a rough waterway to get by and hazardous.

Willem Schouten called the trip to Cape Horn Drake Passage because it is a deep waterway.

He called Cape horn Kaap Hoorn because that is Cape Horn in Dutch. It is named Hoorn for the Dutch navigator.

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may 1, 1615
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~ 410 years ago

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