Cape Horn rounding

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Cape Horn rounding is a dramatic nautical event in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey–Maturin novels, depicting the perilous passage of ships around the storm-torn southern tip of South America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional event
nautical event in fiction
appearsInWork Aubrey–Maturin series
Aubrey–Maturin series
surface form: Master and Commander (novel series)
associatedWith the Furious Fifties
surface form: Furious Fifties

Roaring Forties
Southern Ocean
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
createdBy Patrick O'Brian
surface form: Patrick O’Brian
depicts Age of Sail naval warfare context
extreme weather
hazardous navigation
sailing ships
storm-torn seas
hasReputation dramatic nautical episode in literature
hasSetting Cape Horn
southern tip of South America
hasTheme human endurance
man versus nature
maritime danger
naval adventure
perilous sea voyage
inspiredBy real-world Cape Horn passages
involves Royal Navy
surface form: Royal Navy vessels

square-rigged warships
involvesCharacter Jack Aubrey
Stephen Maturin
language English
literaryDevice heightened drama
realistic nautical detail
literaryGenre historical naval fiction
medium prose fiction
narrativeRole climactic ordeal
test of leadership
test of seamanship
partOf narrative arc of Aubrey–Maturin novels
portrays command responsibility
crew hardship
navigational skill
ship damage risk
relatedTo Age of Sail literature
Cape Horn in popular culture
riskLevel life-threatening
timePeriodDepicted Napoleonic Wars
early 19th century

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Captain Jack Aubrey in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World notableScene Cape Horn rounding
subject surface form: Captain Jack Aubrey