It was named in 1616 after Hoorn, the Dutch home town of [[Willem Cornelisz Schouten]] one of the captains of an expedition looking for a route between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] Oceans without using the treacherous [[Strait of Magellan]]. | It was named in 1616 after Hoorn, the Dutch home town of [[Willem Cornelisz Schouten]] one of the captains of an expedition looking for a route between the [[Atlantic]] and [[Pacific]] Oceans without using the treacherous [[Strait of Magellan]]. |