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William Baffin. The English silk-weaver William Baffin ( c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) became a navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is primarily known for his attempt to find a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, during the course of which he was the first European to discover Baffin Bay situated between Canada and Greenland.
Jan 23, 2023 · The Virginia state quarter, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown in 1607; the small ship at left, the 20-ton Discovery, latter carried William Baffin on his last two attempts to find a Northwest Passage in 1615 and 1616 (Wikimedia commons)
William Baffin (born c. 1584, London, England?—died January 23, 1622, Persian Gulf, off the island of Qeshm [now part of Iran]) was a navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage and gave his name to Baffin Island, now part of Nunavut, Canada, and to the bay separating it from Greenland. His determination of longitude at sea by observing ...
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On 23 June 1611, Henry Hudson, along with his son and some loyal crew members, were cut adrift in a shallop (a small boat for use in shallow water) and were never seen again. The Discovery took the long journey home, losing many of the remaining crew on the way. The navigator was Robert Bylot, who would return in search of the North-West ...
In 1615, William Baffin and Robert Bylot searched for the North-West Passage. Baffin pioneered new techniques for calculating longitude. Explorers Baffin and Bylot set sail to look for the Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans via the Arctic Circle - which was a sought-after trade route. They believed that their predecessor, Thomas ...
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Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622 - May 2010. Last updated 10th July 2024: Online ordering is currently unavailable due to technical issues.
