Citations:around the Horn

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English citations of around the Horn

  • 1920 John Gneisenau Neihardt, "The Splendid Wayfaring"
    "Might it not be possible to transport furs to some Spanish port, thence to be sent around the Horn by the New England trading ships that were constantly on the coast in those years?"
  • 1930 Robert M. Coates, "The Outlaw Years: The History of the Land Pirates of the Natchez Trace"
    "He had left Boston in 1850, when the California gold excitement was at its height, and made the long trip around the Horn by sailing vessel."
  • 1951 Edwin Corle, "The Gila, River of the Southwest"
    "The Pennsylvania Dutchman (really a German and not a Hollander) had left Philadelphia in 1848 and had sailed around the Horn to San Francisco ..."
  • 1998 "South American Explorer - Issues 53-54 - Page 27"
    "They were never told they would have to sail around the Horn, they don't want to risk sailing around Horn, the ship's officers advise against sailing around the Horn."