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   Sir Martin Frobisher ( / ˈfroʊbɪʃər /; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594 [1]) was an English sailor 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. [2]

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   Sir Martin Frobisher was an English navigator and early explorer of Canada’s northeast coast. Frobisher went on voyages to the Guinea coast of Africa in 1553 and 1554, and during the 1560s he preyed on French shipping in the English Channel under a privateering license from the English crown; he

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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.

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   Aug 2, 2023 · (1535-1594) Who Was Martin Frobisher? Martin Frobisher was an English explorer who became a licensed pirate and plundered French ships off the coast of Africa. In the 1570s, he made three...

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   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.

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   May 18, 2018 · Sir Martin Frobisher (ca. 1538-1594), English explorer, naval commander, and soldier, initiated Europe's search for a Northwest Passage to the Orient and discovered the Hudson Strait. Martin Frobisher, born in Yorkshire, went to London as a boy to be educated by a relative.

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   • Martin Frobisher was an English explorer who became a licensed pirate and plundered French ships off the coast of Africa. In the 1570s, he made three voyages to discover a Northwest Passage. Instead, he discovered Labrador and what is now Frobisher Bay. Later, he was knighted for fighting against the Spanish Armada.

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   Did Sir Martin Frobisher find the north-west passage?

   • But, as with his fantasy dreams of New World gold, he never found his lifelong Holy Grail, the North-West Passage. 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.

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   When did Martin Frobisher die?

   • In 1594, while storming a Spanish-held fort on the west coast of France, he was mortally wounded. Following the death of his mother in 1549, Martin Frobisher lived with his uncle, Sir John York, who was then an officer of the mint. In 1553, he was sent by his uncle to Guinea, on the west coast of Africa, with the Wyndham expedition.

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    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.