Martin Frobisher (ca. 1540-1594)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Neatby, L.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Biographies; Expeditions; Explorers; Frobisher; Sir Martin; 1535?-1594; Gold; History; Ores; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Frobisher Bay; Hudson Strait; Nunavut/Québec; Kodlunarn Island; Arctic; Hudson; Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65347

. the Englishman Martin Frobisher is the first accredited pioneer of northern Canadian exploration. He made known to the world the dangers of navigation in the icy seas, the forbidding terrain of Baffin Island, the type of its inhabitants, and the existence of Hudson Strait. . he dimmed his credit b...