Richard Henry Dana Jr.

Richard Henry Dana Jr.

male, deceased (1882)
Adventurer, law school, Harvard Law School, Non-fiction writer, pilgrim, Harvard University alumni…CapeHorn
Richard Henry Dana Jr. (August 1, 1815 - January 6, 1882) was an American lawyer and politician, and author of the book "Two Years Before the...
Willem Schouten

Willem Schouten

male, deceased (1625)
dutch, Explorer of Australia, Explorer of the Pacific, new guinea, pacific, Java…CapeHorn
Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1567?-1625) was a Dutch navigator. In 1615 Willem Cornelisz Schouten and Jacob le Maire sailed from Texel in the...

William Smith

male, 234 years old
mariner, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, from Blyth, Northumberland, Shetland Islands, CapeHorn
William Smith was the English captain who discovered the South Shetland Islands, an archipelago near Antarctica. In 1819, while sailing cargo on...
Vito Dumas

Vito Dumas

male, deceased (1965)
From Buenos Aires, CapeHorn, Sailor, argentine, Single-handed sailor, World War II
Vito Dumas (September 26, 1900 - March 28, 1965) was an Argentine single-handed sailor. In 1942, while the world was in the depths of World War II,...
Naomi James

Naomi James

female, 60 years old
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame Naomi James, Round Britain Race, Salcombe, single-handed…CapeHorn
Dame Naomi James DBE, (b. 2 March 1949) was the first woman to sail single-handed (ie. solo) around the world via Cape Horn. She finished her...
Jacob Le Maire

Jacob Le Maire

male, deceased (1616)
jakarta, United Provinces, Explorer of South America, pacific, belgian, Java…CapeHorn
Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 - December 22 1616) was a Dutch mariner, born in Antwerp, who circumnavigated the earth in 1615-16. He discovered the...
Stan Hugill

Stan Hugill

male, deceased (1992)
maritime music, Stan (Stanley James) Hugill, folk music, British, Folk singer, spin…Limejuice Cape Horner, CapeHorn
Stan (Stanley James) Hugill (November 19, 1906 - May 13, 1992) was a folk music performer and sea music historian, known as the "Last Working...

David Porter

male, deceased (1843)
constellation, United States Navy officer, phoebe, pacific, enterprise, tripoli…CapeHorn
David Porter was an officer in the United States Navy and later the commander-in-chief of the Mexican Navy. Born at Boston, Massachusetts, Porter...
Nathaniel Palmer

Nathaniel Palmer

male, deceased (1877)
seal hunter, Boat and ship designer, pinniped, CapeHorn, antarctica, clipper ship
Nathaniel Brown Palmer (1799 - 1877) was a seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut....
Samuel Brannan

Samuel Brannan

male, deceased (1889)
American business person in retailing, from Napa County, California, Church of Christ, Business person in real estate, convert to Mormonism, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint…CapeHorn
Samuel Brannan (March 2, 1819 - May 14, 1889), was the first publicist of the California Gold Rush and the first millionaire because of the rush....