Martin Frobisher
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Sir Martin Frobisher was an English sea captain and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in eastern
Greenwich Palace on the south bank of the River Thames, from a window of which Queen Elizabeth waved to the departing ships (by an unknown artist)
The Inuk "Calichough" or "Kalicho". Watercolour by John White
Printed text in German telling of Martin Frobisher's third voyage. Illustrated are the three Inuit, Kalicho; Arnaq, and her child Nuttaaq, forcibly brought back to Bristol by Frobisher from his second expedition to Baffin Island in late 1577.
The man on this portrait has traditionally been identified as Frobisher, but there is some disagreement. (British School, Dulwich Picture Gallery)
Frobisher Bay
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Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island. Its length is about 230 km and its width varies f
Martin Frobisher
…voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 short tons (180 t) of it…
Frobisher Bay from Iqaluit, June 2015