24 January 1616
1st Cape Horne
Rounds the southern tip of the Americas & names it Cape Horn after his birthplace
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Horn in Netherlands. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Rounds the southern tip of the Americas & names it Cape Horn after his birthplace
Provenance
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