Cape Horn

English Etymology Ultimately from en nl Kaap Hoorn, named after the hometown and flagship (both nl Hoorn) of Willem Schouten, who was the first to sail around the cape into the Pacific Ocean in 1616. en Is it directly calqued from Dutch, or by means of an intermediary? Proper noun Cape Horn en The southernmost <<headland>> of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern <<c/Chile>>. since 1628 Derived terms en Cape Horner Translations southernmost headland of Tierra del Fuego Danish: da Kap Horn Dutch: nl Kaap Hoorn Estonian: et Hoorni neem Finnish: fi Kap Horn French: fr Cap Horn m German: de Kap Hoorn n Greek: el Ακρωτήριο Χορν n Hungarian: hu Horn-fok Marathi: mr केप हॉर्न Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Kapp Horn Nynorsk: nn Kapp Horn Russian: ru мыс Горн m Spanish: es Cabo de Hornos m References Excerpt of logbook from the Eendracht (1615 ship) Eendracht, 29 January 1616, "twelck onse president ter eeren des stadts van Hoorn noemde Capo Hoorn" Iournael ofte beschrijvinghe van de wonderlijcke reyse, gedaen door Willem Cornelisz Schouten van Hoorn, inde Iaren 1615, 1616, en 1617 : hoe hy bezuyden de straet van Magellanes een nieuwe passagie ofte strate, tot inde groote Zuyd-zee, ontdeckt, ende voort den geheelen aerdt-kloot omgezeylt heeft : wat eylanden, vreemde volcken en wonderlijcke avontueren hem ontmoet zijn. (1619), pp. 22—23 Sir Francis Drake (1628) The world encompassed: Being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted, carefully collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher, preacher in this imployment, and divers others his followers in the same. Offered now at last to publique view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring up of heroick spirits, to benefit their countrie, and eternize their names by like noble attempts., p. 9 Further reading Anagrams en acehnopr canephor car phone car-phone carphone chaperon