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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.
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.
May 18, 2018 · Sir Martin Frobisher was one of the first Englishmen to search for the Northwest Passage, and he personally led three expeditions to the Canadian Arctic. He is known as one of Queen Elizabeth I 's most aggressive and enterprising seamen, feared by Europeans for his privateering and for his role in the battle against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island.
Martin Frobisher North-West Passage expedition 1576-78. 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 ...
Sir Martin Frobisher, 1535-1594, English navigator. On three occasions -- 1576, 1577, and 1578 -- Frobisher was chosen by Queen Elizabeth to lead expeditions in the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. Near Baffin Island, he discovered what he wrongly believed to be gold, and spent years establishing a mining operation there.
Empire of the Bay: Sir Martin Frobisher. One of many explorers looking for a Northwest Passage to the Orient, Sir Martin Frobisher was one of the first English explorers to sail the...
