Cape Cod

Arrived safely

in San Francisco

13 Nov 1856

Neptune’s Car

departed

New York

Jun 1856

US

Cuba

Mexico

Pacific

Ocean

Brazil

Main shipping

route of the time

Chile

Argentina

Le Maire strait

Where Mary

Ann Patten

took the helm

Cape Horn

Drake Passage

Possible

diverted

route taken

by Patten

South

Shetland

Islands

Antarctica

2,500 km

2,500 miles

Arrived safely in

San Francisco

13 Nov 1856

Cape Cod

Neptune’s Car

departed New York

Jun 1856

US

Cuba

Mexico

Pacific

Ocean

Brazil

Chile

Main shipping

route of the time

Argentina

Le Maire strait

Where Mary

Ann Patten

took the helm

Cape Horn

Drake Passage

Possible

diverted

route taken

by Patten

South Shetland

Islands

Antarctica

2,000 km

2,000 miles