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   Officer of the Royal Navy and explorer. Signature. Sir Thomas Button (died April, 1634) [1] was a Welsh officer of the Royal Navy, notable as an explorer who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage. [2]

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   Mar 28, 2024 · Sir Thomas Button was an English navigator and naval officer and an early explorer of Canada. The son of Miles Button of Worleton in Glamorganshire, Wales, Button saw his first naval service in 1588 or 1589, and by 1601, when the Spanish fleet invaded Ireland, he had become captain of the pinnace

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   Thomas Button North-West Passage expedition 1612–13. In 1612, explorer Thomas Button sailed in two ships, Resolution and the Discovery, in search of the North-West Passage. Button was a Welsh officer of the Royal Navy.

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   Who was Sir Thomas Button?

   • Sir Thomas Button (died April, 1634) was a Welsh officer of the Royal Navy, notable as an explorer who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage.

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   What did Sir Thomas Button do for a living?

   • Button explored a great part of Hudson Bay. He was knighted on his return by James I. For the rest of his long naval career he served as ' Admiral of the King's ships on the coast of Ireland.' Sir Thomas married Mary, daughter of Sir Walter Rice of Dynevor, Carmarthenshire, and they had seven children. He made his home at Cardiff.

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   Where did Thomas Button live?

   • Their house at first was probably on the Dog Hill moated grange site, just across the Nant Golych, from the parish of S. Lythans and in the parish of S. Nicholas; later, the residence was probably on the site of the present house called Duffryn, situated nearby. The date of Thomas Button's birth is not known. He went to sea about 1589.

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   Did Thomas Button discover the north west passage?

   • However, Button did discover an opening in the north-west corner of the bay, but decided this was not the entrance to the passage. In fact he named it 'Ne Ultra', Latin for ‘No Further’. Button returned to England in 1613. In 1612, explorer Thomas Button sailed in two ships, Resolution and the Discovery, in search of the North-West Passage.

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   The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher. The storyline by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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   Sir Thomas Button. ?-1634. Welsh explorer who was one of a group of men searching for a water passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. While the Northwest Passage was not discovered until more than two centuries later, the expeditions of Button and such explorers as Henry Hudson and William Baffin provided the earliest descriptions and charts ...

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   BUTTON, Sir THOMAS, naval captain and explorer, fourth son of Miles Button, of Worleton in the parish of St. Lythans, Glamorganshire, and Margaret, daughter of Edward Lewis of Van, Caerphilly, Glamorganshire; d. April 1634, probably at Worleton.

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   BUTTON, Sir THOMAS (died April 1634), admiral and explorer. He was the fourth son of Miles Button, sheriff of Glamorgan in 1565, 1571, 1589, and Margaret, daughter of Edward Lewis of Van. The Buttons had become possessed of Worleton, in the parish of S. Lythans, Glamorganshire, an alienated manor of the see of Llandaff.