Cape Horn sea route

E14535

historical shipping route maritime trade route sea route

The Cape Horn sea route was the long, perilous maritime passage around the southern tip of South America that ships commonly used to reach California during the Gold Rush era.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
California–Cape Horn–United Kingdom route	1
Cape Horn route	1
Cape Horn sea route canonical	1
Cape Horn shipping route	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical shipping route ⓘ maritime trade route ⓘ sea route ⓘ
around	Cape Horn Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Cape Horn southern tip of South America ⓘ
associatedWith	age of sail ⓘ clipper ship era ⓘ
bypassedBy	Panama Canal ⓘ
characterizedBy	cold temperatures ⓘ icebergs ⓘ large waves ⓘ strong westerly winds ⓘ violent storms ⓘ
connects	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
destinationFor	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California San Francisco ⓘ
distanceCharacteristic	much longer than overland routes to California ⓘ
eraOfDecline	early 20th century ⓘ
eraOfPeakUse	mid-19th century ⓘ
geographicalFeature	passes near Tierra del Fuego archipelago ⓘ
historicalRole	key route before Panama Canal ⓘ major route to California goldfields ⓘ major route to Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
knownFor	dangerous sailing conditions ⓘ high risk of shipwrecks ⓘ long voyage duration ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean South Pacific Ocean ⓘ Southern Ocean ⓘ
navigatedBy	experienced captains ⓘ international crews ⓘ
partOf	global maritime trade routes ⓘ
replacedBy	Panama Canal ⓘ surface form: Panama Canal route
riskFactor	limited navigational aids in 19th century ⓘ strong currents ⓘ unpredictable weather ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to Pacific trade before Panama Canal ⓘ
travelTime	several months by sailing ship ⓘ
usedBy	clipper ships ⓘ merchant ships ⓘ naval vessels ⓘ whaling ships ⓘ
usedDuring	19th century ⓘ California Gold Rush ⓘ
usedFor	transport of commercial cargo ⓘ transport of gold seekers ⓘ transport of mining equipment ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California Gold Rush → transportRoute → Cape Horn sea route ⓘ

United Kingdom–San Francisco grain trade → geographicScope → Cape Horn sea route ⓘ

this entity surface form: California–Cape Horn–United Kingdom route

South Atlantic–South Pacific shipping routes → associatedWith → Cape Horn sea route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Horn route

Deceit Island → nearbyMaritimeRoute → Cape Horn sea route ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cape Horn shipping route