Jens Munk (1579-1628)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Schledermann, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1985
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Munk; Jens; 1579-1628; Scurvy; Frobisher Bay; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Nunavut/Québec; Ungava; Baie d'; Québec; Churchill region; Manitoba; Greenland; Norway; Hudson; Northwest Passage; Ungava Bay; Cape Horn; Arctic; Churchill; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65192

. In 1618 the Danish King Christian IV ordered Munk to ready a major expedition to embark for East India via Cape Horn. Tirelessly, Munk organized the ships, the men, the provisions, and the thousand details involved in such an undertaking. To his astonishment, however, the command was not to be his...