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== History ==
=== Discovery by Europeans ===
[[File:Le Maire en Schouten - Reis via Kaap Hoorn naar Indie 1615-1616.png|thumb|upright=1.6|Voyage of [[Willem Schouten]] and [[Jacob le Maire]] in 1615/16]]
In 1526 the Spanish vessel the ''San Lesmes'' commanded by [[Francisco de Hoces]], member of the [[Loaísa expedition]], was blown south by a gale in front of the Atlantic end of [[Magellan Strait]] and reached Cape Horn, passing through 56° S where ''they thought to see Land's End.'' Since the discovery, the sea separating South America from [[Antarctica]] bears the name of its discoverer in Spanish sources. It appears as ''Mar de Hoces'' (Sea of Hoces) in most Spanish-language maps. In English charts however it is named the [[Drake Passage]].
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