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Cape Froward

noun

A cape on the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile; the most southern point on the mainland of South America.

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"Cape froward" Quotes from Famous Books

... where the fortress stood Port Famine, owing to the utter want of all necessaries. It is in lat. 53 deg. S. Leaving this place on the 14th, they ran five leagues S.W. to Cape Froward, in the southernmost part of the straits, in lat. 54 deg. S. Sailing five leagues W. by N. from this cape, they put into a bay, called Muscle Cove, from the great quantities of muscles found there. Leaving that place on the 21st, and sailing N. by W. ten leagues, they came to a fair bay, which ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume X • Robert Kerr

... sailed for Falkland's Island, and the master returned from his expedition. The master reported that he had found four places in which there was good anchorage, between the place were we lay and Cape Froward: That he had been on shore at several places, where he had found plenty of wood and water close to the beach, with abundance of cranberries and wild celery. He reported also, that he had seen a great number of currant bushes full ...

— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr