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Horn, Cape
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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Horn, Cape the southernmost point of South America, on a Chilean island south of Tierra del Fuego. The region is notorious for its storms, and until the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 constituted the only sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It was named after
Hoorn, the birthplace of the Dutch navigator William C. Schouten who discovered it in 1616.
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Golding fastest Cape to Cape; Relieved to see the glorious Horn; Formidable close on Race leader.
M2 Presswire; 1/4/2005; 700+ words
; ...Mike Golding Yacht Racing: Golding fastest Cape to Cape; Relieved to see the glorious Horn; Formidable close on Race leader(C)1994...01042005 Last night at 0031GMT Mike Golding rounded Cape Horn and bid a less than fond farewell to the...
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Steinlager 2 first to round Cape Horn in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
PR Newswire; 2/22/1990; 700+ words
; STEINLAGER 2 FIRST TO ROUND CAPE HORN IN THE WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD...Steinlager 2 First to Round Cape Horn Santiago Chile, Feb. 22, 1990...Steinlager 2 is the first yacht to round Cape Horn in the treacherous Southern Ocean...
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MONEY FOR CAPE HORN PURCHASE EARMARKED
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 7/23/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...to purchase 27 acres at the top of Cape Horn, a spectacular viewpoint in the Columbia...Appropriations Committee approved Tuesday. The Cape Horn money is part of $8 million earmarked...t ready to say yes to Gorton's Cape Horn plan. "I haven't seen a proposal...
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ETA Cape Horn 3rd January; Hoping to recoup recent losses; Happy New Year.
M2 Presswire; 12/31/2004; 700+ words
; ...2004-Mike Golding Yacht Racing: ETA Cape Horn 3rd January; Hoping to recoup recent...Golding`s last before he approaches Cape Horn, the maritime world`s most...At present the great circle route to Cape Horn (ie the shortest distance) is...
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A 'fire and ice' cruise around Cape Horn.(Argentina to Chile)
Magazine article from: International Travel News; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...terrain that includes Patagonia, Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan stole...miles from Buenos Aires, around Cape Horn and northward along the rugged...occasion was the aforementioned stop at Cape Horn. Christmas in Chile Christmas came...
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'cape horn ... I've thought about it since I was a boy'.(News)
Newspaper article from: Cape Times (South Africa); 5/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...latitudes. The British sailor flew home from Cape Town and Erasmus joined them. The yacht sailed from Cape Town on April 23. It was a boyhood dream of skipper Peterson to sail around Cape Horn. He wrote on his Fremantle Yacht Club...
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Storm splits Cape Horn club New wave Britons rebel against `die- hard' sailors
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 11/10/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...yachtsmen in modern boats who have rounded Cape Horn have formed a breakaway movement to...elite International Association of Cape Horners because they voyaged on modern...title will incorporate the phrase "Cape Horner", which will no doubt irritate...
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Cape Horn: A view for a few
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 6/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...01-2003 The unmet potential of Cape Horn stems from a classic case of a government...of Vancouver on state Highway 14, Cape Horn lacks the amenities that could...led to more vacationing by car, the Cape Horn viewpoint remains no more than...
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CAPE HORN VISTA RESCUED THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE TALK; HOW MUCH WILL ITCOST TO WATCH LAST FISH DIE?
Newspaper article from: The ; 7/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Columbian The Columbian 07-29-1997 Cape Horn vista rescued through one-on-one...the future of the proposed park atop Cape Horn presented their respective cases...and clear 77 choice view acres atop Cape Horn. Gorton, Washington's senior...
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Ice hazard will continue to Cape Horn; Wind shifts pose challenges; ETA at Cape Horn 5th-6th January.
M2 Presswire; 12/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...Golding Yacht Racing: Ice hazard will continue to Cape Horn; Wind shifts pose challenges; ETA at Cape Horn 5th-6th January(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...cautious about the ice hazard all the way to Cape Horn. Golding spotted the berg at around 05...
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Cape Horn
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
CAPE HORN CAPE HORN is at the southernmost tip of South America, on Horn Island, one...which opened in 1914. From that time, the importance of the route around Cape Horn, used previously only by freight ships, rapidly declined. The last...
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Cape Horn fever
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Cape Horn fever, an imaginary disease from which malingerers at sea were supposed...reluctance of many seamen to sign articles in a ship making a passage of Cape Horn from east to west under sail, the contrary winds and heavy seas frequently...
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Horn, Cape
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Horn, Cape the southernmost point of South America, on a Chilean island south of Tierra del Fuego. The region is notorious for its storms...
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Cape Horners
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
Cape Horners. 1. Originally the American square...the east to the west coast of America around Cape Horn. Comparatively few ships made this passage...from this trade. By extension, the term Cape Horner has also been applied to all big sailing...
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horn
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...the substance of which horns are composed: powdered rhino horn. ∎ ...xA0; ( the Horn ) Cape Horn. ∎...xA0; short for French horn . 5. an instrument sounding...or other signal: a car horn. • v. [ tr...butt or gore with the horns. PHRASES: blow ...
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