Jens Munk: The Story of a Sailor Who Embraced His Fate

"Jens Munk was one of the intrepid sixteenth-century explorers who navigated the Arctic seas with inadequate ships, faulty charts and primitive instruments. He was also one of the few who survived the arduous search for the Northwest Passage, who reached Hudson Bay in 1619, wintered there, buri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiehl, Inga W.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 1985
Subjects:
Jens Munk
explorer
Danish National Museum
Arctic seas
European History
European Languages and Societies
Regional Sociology
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Hudson
Northwest Passage
Munk
Northwest passage
Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thebridge/vol3/iss2/6
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/context/thebridge/article/1937/viewcontent/02_Jens_Munk.pdf
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Summary:"Jens Munk was one of the intrepid sixteenth-century explorers who navigated the Arctic seas with inadequate ships, faulty charts and primitive instruments. He was also one of the few who survived the arduous search for the Northwest Passage, who reached Hudson Bay in 1619, wintered there, buried most of his crew, and by a supreme effort of will and skill made the voyage home with the two crewmen left to him. "

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