William Baffin
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William Baffin was an English navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is best known for his attempt to find the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans, during which Baffin became the f
A William Baffin rose
Rear-Admiral Sir John Ross was a British naval officer and explorer. He was the uncle of Sir James Clark Ross, who explored the Arctic with him, and later led expeditions to Antarctica.
William Baffin
…the expense involved. All but one were subsequently lost, and in time Baffin's discoveries came to be doubted. He was, however, a hero to the explorer John Ross, who led an expedition in 1818 that confirmed Baffin's account in almost all particulars. Besides his geographical discoveries, Baffin is celebrated…
Painting of Ross c. 1833
Victory's last time under sail, in the Gulf of Boothia, in what is now Nunavut, Canada, 1832
Isabella saves the crew of Victory, 1834