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USHUAIA & CAPE HORN
Captain Schouten, the Dutch navigator who first journey around South America. In their cargo, at one
rounded it in 1616, named it after Hoorn, his birthplace time, were prefab homes destined for San Diego
in northern Holland.” neighborhoods where they are still on view today. The
As a lifelong San Diegan, I appreciated the impor- most significant boost to that shipping route came
tance of ship trade by rounding the horn. Many ships during the California gold rush in 1848. After the
that had departed from the east coast counted San opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, “rounding the
Diego as their first American port after their grueling Horn” has become a choice destination for cruisers
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