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   Sir Martin Frobisher (/ ˈ f r oʊ b ɪ ʃ ər /; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594 [1]) was an English sailor and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the Northwest Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada , before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island .

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   Aug 2, 2023 · Martin Frobisher was an English explorer who became a licensed pirate and plundered French ships off the coast of Africa. In the 1570s, he made three voyages to discover a Northwest Passage.

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   Jan 2, 2008 · Sir Martin Frobisher, mariner, privateer, explorer (born ca. 1535 near Wakefield, England; died 22 November 1594 in Plymouth, England). Frobisher was an English seaman who completed three voyages to North America, first in search of the Northwest Passage and then mineral treasure. During his first expedition, he became the first European to ...

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   Jun 16, 2020 · Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE) was an Elizabethan adventurer and explorer who embarked on three expeditions in the 1570s CE to chart the waters of the North American Arctic and find the Northwest Passage to Asia. Unsuccessful in these endeavours and bankrupting many of his investors who had hoped to find gold deposits, Frobisher's later ...

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   Mar 17, 2015 · Sir Martin Frobisher was an eminent mariner during the reign of Elizabeth I. Frobisher, along with the likes of Raleigh, Hawkins and Drake gained for England a reputation for naval supremacy. Though Drake may have cemented his historical legacy with his involvement in the Spanish Armada in 1588, Frobisher was one of the chief commanders of the English Navy and also fought against the Spanish ...

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   In 1576 Martin Frobisher was the first English explorer to search for the North-West Passage – the seaway linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. It took Frobisher five years to raise the funds for the project, eventually convincing the Muscovy Company, an English merchant consortium keen to discover the North-West Passage for trade purposes ...

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   Did Martin Frobisher discover Baffin Island?

   • Frobisher discovered the bay now named for him on Baffin Island, but was deceived by the pyrites, which he took for gold. Sir Martin Frobisher, mariner, privateer, explorer (born ca. 1535 near Wakefield, England; died 22 November 1594 in Plymouth, England).

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   Who was Martin Frobisher?

   • Sir Martin Frobisher (/ ˈfroʊbɪʃər /; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594 ) was an English sailor and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the Northwest Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island.

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   What did Martin Frobisher discover?

   • Martin Frobisher was an English explorer who became a licensed pirate and plundered French ships off the coast of Africa. In the 1570s, he made three voyages to discover a Northwest Passage. Instead, he discovered Labrador and what is now Frobisher Bay. Later, he was knighted for fighting against the Spanish Armada.

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   How did Martin Frobisher die?

   • During a scuffle with Spanish forces in November 1594 during the Siege of Fort Crozon, Frobisher was shot. He died several days later, on November 15, in Plymouth, England. Best Known For: English explorer Martin Frobisher is best known for his attempts to discover a Northwest Passage and his voyages to Labrador and Frobisher Bay in Canada.

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   Where did Martin Frobisher live?

   • Following the death of his mother in 1549, Martin Frobisher lived with his uncle, Sir John York, who was then an officer of the mint. In 1553, he was sent by his uncle to Guinea, on the west coast of Africa, with the Wyndham expedition. Although three-quarters of the expedition’s crew would perish, Frobisher survived.

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   Where can I find a book about Martin Frobisher?

   • The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher. Vol. II. London: Argonaut Press. Fitzhugh, William W.; Olin, Jacqueline S., eds. (1993). Archeology of the Frobisher Voyages. Smithsonian Institution Press. ISBN 1560981717. Hoffman, A. (1977). Lives of the Tudor Age. New York: Barnes & Noble. ISBN 978-0-0649-4331-4. Neatby, L.H. (December 1983).

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   May 18, 2018 · Frobisher, Sir Martin (c.1535–94). Although notable as an early English sea trader in west Africa and the eastern Mediterranean in the 1550s and later associated with Drake in the West Indies expedition of 1585–6 and the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Frobisher is best remembered as an explorer who made three attempts in the period 1576–8 to find the North-West Passage.