During the heyday of the great adventures by sea, in the eighteenth and nineteenth Mariners trade encouraged by the exotic and remote countries reached almost all parts of the world in their different sailboats.
Many of these trips involving serious difficulties and dangers, especially compulsory routes passing by Cape Horn, known then as the Cape of Storms, which is located at the southern tip of South America, on the island Horn. Drake, in 1578, was the first bend.
reefs, shoals, strong winds, rain and snow for most of the year, and a thick fog when the storm calmed, Cape Horn became an impractical place for even more experienced sailors. The wrecks were the order of the day. Thus became a sign of luck and courage among the crew have managed to cross the inferno alive. Proud of it, and that the feat was reflected for life, the merchant seamen, pirates and privateers were hung from one ear as an earring hoop, preferably gold.
this distinctiveness could join two others, symbolizing the passage through the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and of York, in Oceania. However, none of these two slopes could be equal to Cape Horn. The practice, which spread rapidly as a symbol of courage and daring, was also adopted by the pirates who ravaged the coasts of the Caribbean during the last century. They only had to show the ear to intimidate their victims.
Many of these trips involving serious difficulties and dangers, especially compulsory routes passing by Cape Horn, known then as the Cape of Storms, which is located at the southern tip of South America, on the island Horn. Drake, in 1578, was the first bend.
reefs, shoals, strong winds, rain and snow for most of the year, and a thick fog when the storm calmed, Cape Horn became an impractical place for even more experienced sailors. The wrecks were the order of the day. Thus became a sign of luck and courage among the crew have managed to cross the inferno alive. Proud of it, and that the feat was reflected for life, the merchant seamen, pirates and privateers were hung from one ear as an earring hoop, preferably gold.
this distinctiveness could join two others, symbolizing the passage through the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, and of York, in Oceania. However, none of these two slopes could be equal to Cape Horn. The practice, which spread rapidly as a symbol of courage and daring, was also adopted by the pirates who ravaged the coasts of the Caribbean during the last century. They only had to show the ear to intimidate their victims.
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