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John Davis (c. 1550 – 29 December 1605) was one of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He led several voyages to discover the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to the East Indies. He discovered the Falkland Islands in August 1592.
John Davis was an English navigator who attempted to find the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific. Davis appears to have first proposed his plan to look for the Northwest Passage in 1583 to Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I.
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Jan 2, 2008 · John Davis (also spelled Davys), explorer, navigator (born ca. 1550 near Dartmouth, England; died 27 December 1605 off Bintan Island, near Singapore). Davis made it his life's work to become the first European to find and travel the Northwest Passage, launching three failed expeditions between 1585 and 1587.
May 11, 2018 · As pilot and navigator for Thomas Cavendish 's second privateering circumnavigation expedition in 1591, Davis became separated from the fleet near the Straits of Magellan and he journeyed back to England, discovering the Falkland Islands on his return voyage (1592).
On this day in history, 29th December 1605, John Davis (Davys), navigator and explorer, died near Bintang, off the coast of Borneo. His ship, The Tiger, was attacked by Japanese pirates who killed Davis in hand-to-hand combat.
John Davis ( c. 1550 – 29 December 1605) was one of the chief navigators of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He led several voyages to discover the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to the East Indies. He discovered the Falkland Islands in August 1592.
English navigator and Arctic explorer John Davis (also spelled Davys) attempted to find the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic to the Pacific. John Davis was born about 1550, in Sandridge, near Dartmouth, Devon, England.
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