The Dutch captain Willem Schouten Cornelisz, born in 1567 in Hoorn, Jan and his brother have gone down in history as the expedition made in 1615 with Jacob Le Marie. The exploratory trip was paid for by the latter's father, Isaac Le Marie, and the hometown of the captains, Hoorn. Starting from Texel on board Concorde and Hoorn reached the Straits of Magellan on which the Company Dutch East Indies (VOC) had the unique Dutch way. Therefore took a more southerly route finding between the island of Tierra del Fuego states and the Straits of Le Marie. Unfortunately after that the Hoorn suffered a fire and was lost, but still were able to be the first to spot the Cape Horn and later folded, as originally called Cape Hoorn in honor of his hometown and the lost ship. He then continued north in search of food in the Juan Fernandez Islands before crossing the Pacific. Unfortunately shortly after Jan Schouten died of scurvy.

After overcoming this fatal event, the expedition crossed the Pacific back to discover new lands, this time it was a series of islands that baptism as Hoorn Islands (Futuna and Alofi), again as his hometown. Willem Schouten Marie convinced him to take the route north of New Guinea avoiding dangerous Coral Sea but on reaching the Moluccas the VOC did not believe the story of the new route and captured accusing him of infringing its monopoly. Confiscated his boat and sent him back to Holland, travel Jacob Le Marie would not survive. Upon arrival Willem Schouten Amstedam get published to great acclaim in 1618 on account of the journey. At the same time Isaac Le Marie, father of Jacob begin a relentless struggle for two years against the VOC until it recognized the new route around Cape Horn and was financially compensated. Willem Schouten more dying would make four trips in 1625, the last in Mauritius at the hands of the insatiable VOC.

For the other brothers Schouten, highly esteemed by me, I leave in Castilian the story of Willem Schouten on such risky trip. He also advised that I leave the information in this article will be expanded over time.