Elizabeth Island (Cape Horn)

Parted from his consorts, Drake and his ship, Pelican, were at latitude 57°S (from Nuno da Silva; according to Richard Hakluyt "57 and a terce", i.e. 57°20') when, on 28 October, they encountered an island, and found shelter in a haven on its eastern shore.

From this, marine historian Felix Riesenberg produced a composite: an island 30 miles from north to south, almost square, without a peak, with a lake at its centre; he hypothesised that it was the crater of an extinct volcano.

This place, named on later maps as Port Sir Francis Drake, was a sheltered harbour, with a depth of 20 fathoms and "a cannon shot" (about a mile) to the shore.

[3] Fletcher also reported finding "plenty of the small berry which we named currants", and that he had left a memorial to Queen Elizabeth with the date and year of their visit.

However, Riesenberg points out that Horn Island lacks wood, or fresh water, or a safe haven, or any other feature that Drake described,[6] and offered an alternative suggestion.