Willem C Schouten

…As part of his study of Drake's circumnavigation, Aker became convinced that Drake was the true discoverer of Cape Horn, rather than Dutch explorer Willem Schouten, who was thought to have discovered it in 1616. Most historians at the time believed that Drake landed on Henderson Island north...

Willem Cornelisz Schouten (c. 1567 1625) was a Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. Contents. 1 Biography; 2 First publications; 3 References ...