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The accuracy of Baffin's tidal and astronomical observations on this voyage was confirmed when William Edward Parry passed over the same ground in 1821. [3] [2] William Baffin's chart of the Hudson Strait. Baffin again sailed as pilot of Discovery the next year.
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William Baffin (c. 1584-1622) was one of many explorers who searched the waters of northern North America for a cross-continental Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Baffin is noted as a highly skilled navigator and ship pilot who discovered Baffin Bay, traveled to the northernmost reaches of the continent, and became the fir...
By the time of Baffin's voyages in the early 1600s, the Spanish and Portuguese had already found paths to the treasured lands of China and southeast Asia by routes around South America and Africa. Their control of these southern passages left other European nations, including France and England, to place their focus on finding a passage through the...
With each expedition into northern North America, European explorers provided a glimpse into the unknown reaches of Canada and the Canadian Arctic. The stories of their adventures, along with ship logs, navigational notes and geographical descriptions continued to build upon one another. Each expedition paved the way for the next, allowing explorer...
Baker, Daniel B., ed. Explorers and Discovers of the World, first edition. Detroit: Gale Research, 1993. Byers, Paula K. Encyclopedia of World Biography, second edition. Detroit: Gale Research, 1998. Crouse, N. The Search for the Northwest Passage. New York: Columbia UniversityPress, 1934. Edmonds, J., commissioning ed. Oxford Atlas of Exploration....
The accuracy of Baffin's tidal and astronomical observations of this voyage was confirmed in a remarkable manner by Sir Edward Parry, when passing over the same ground, two centuries later (1821).
Aboard the ship "Discovery," Baffin navigated through Hudson Strait, meticulously recording astronomical observations. Two centuries later, in 1821, Sir Edward Parry verified the accuracy of Baffin's observations.
Dec 18, 2007 · Baffin served as pilot aboard Captain Robert Bylot’s Discovery, during which time he would make a number of observations that future explorers would find remarkably accurate. The next year, Baffin sailed again under Bylot, and they became the first Europeans to explore what is now called Baffin Bay and mapped the entrances to Lancaster ...
Hudson Strait and the western end of Southampton Island were carefully examined, with particular attention given to the tides. The great 19th-century explorer, W. E. Parry*, checked Baffin’s observations over two hundred years later and found them very nearly correct. Baffin kept a full journal of this expedition which is accompanied by the ...
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His meticulous chart making and record keeping, and his use of lunar observations to calculate longitude, were groundbreaking and remarkably accurate, as later explorers found.
