Historic and Archaeological District National Historic Landmark. 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 northwest of Cape Horn. In 1997 the American National Maritime Historical Society accepted Aker's argument that it Drake who first discovered Cape Horn. The argument was also accepted by the National Geographic Society. Aker also became convinced that the partial remains of Drake's ship the Golden Hinde, are buried at the old Deptford Navy Yard along the Thames in east London. References External links Royal Institute of Navigation obituary of Raymond Aker Raymond Aker: Obituary, at The Times, January 23, 2003 Raymond Aker: Obituary at San Francisco Chronicle, January 8, 2003 American naval historians American male non-fiction writers 1920 births People from Yonkers, New York 2003 deaths People from Atherton, California Historians from New York (state) 20th-century American male writers Historians from California