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William Baffin ( c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) was an English 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.
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.
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May 21, 2018 · The English navigator and explorer William Baffin (ca. 1584-1622) discovered Baffin Bay and was active in the early exploration of the Arctic. William Baffin's background and his activities prior to 1612 are either unknown or based on conjecture.
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Dec 18, 2007 · William Baffin, explorer (probably born in London, England, ca. 1584; died 23 January 1621 or 1622 in the Persian Gulf). One of the most proficient navigators of his time, he was chief pilot with Captain James Hall on his ill-fated voyage to Greenland in 1612.
Overview. William Baffin. (1584—1622) Arctic explorer. Quick Reference. (d. 1622). Explorer. Baffin made a number of voyages in the 1610s looking for the North‐West Passage. He was killed in India in a skirmish with the Portuguese. In 1821 the large island he had discovered to the north of Hudson Bay was named after him.
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.
English navigator William Baffin was probably born in London, England, around 1584. He searched for the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic in 1612, 1615, and 1616, exploring Hudson Strait and what is now named Baffin Bay. In service to the East India Company, he made surveys of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
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