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    Sir Martin Frobisher (/ˈfroʊbɪʃər/; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sailor and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking...
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    and required supplemental investment. 1576 – Englishman Martin Frobisher sails into Frobisher Bay believing he has found the westward route to China....
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  • Frobisher Joseph Frobisher (1740–1810), Canadian fur trader and politician, brother of Benjamin and Thomas Frobisher Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 – 1594)...
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    dysentery after an unsuccessful attempt to take San Juan, Puerto Rico. Sir Martin Frobisher was a seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World...
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  • real and fictional people Frobisher, Saskatchewan Frobisher Bay, a bay in Baffin Island, named after Martin Frobisher Frobisher Bay, the former name of...
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    Frobisher Bay is an inlet of the Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the southeastern corner of Baffin Island...
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    Inuk man from the Frobisher Bay area of Baffin Island, Nunavut Canada. He was brought back to England as a captive by Sir Martin Frobisher in 1577. He was...
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  • Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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    aboard Howard's flagship Ark, where Howard, Drake, Seymour, Hawkins, Martin Frobisher, and two or three others, decided to launch fire ships. That night...
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    Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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    of Martin Frobisher's fleet in Newfoundland after an unsuccessful attempt in search of the Northwest Passage. His third voyage, to the Frobisher Bay...
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    and was kept ashore until 1595. In 1590 Revenge was commanded by Sir Martin Frobisher in an unsuccessful expedition along the coast of Spain to intercept...
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    Adventurers became the Muscovy Company. In June 1576, English mariner Martin Frobisher led an expedition consisting of three ships and 35 men to search for...
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    entrance to 240 km (150 mi) at Deception Bay. English navigator Sir Martin Frobisher was the first European to report entering the strait, in 1578. He named...
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    church after Crowley Roger Townshend, buried in the church in 1590 Sir Martin Frobisher, captain who fought against the Spanish Armada, buried in the church...
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    Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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    Ocean. It was recorded as discovered during the third expedition of Martin Frobisher in September 1578 by sailors aboard the ship Emanuel of Bridgwater...
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    1770 – 14c (later 10c) Ferdinand Magellan 1519 – 20c (later 20c) Sir Martin Frobisher 1578 – 50c (later 10c) Ship – SX$1 Ships – SX$1 Edward Teach – SX$1...
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    Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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  • Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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    needs. Martin Frobisher's 1576 search for the Northwest Passage was the first well-documented contact between Europeans and Inuit. Frobisher's expedition...
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    Prince Ibrahim Mirza. March 17 – The Cathay Company is formed, to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold. April 17 – In the Battle of Lubieszów...
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    an account by English explorer Martin Frobisher. While leading an expedition to find the Northwest Passage, Frobisher thought he had discovered gold ore...
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    Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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  • north of England, dates back to the 12th century. It is said that Martin Frobisher buried caches of these peas on Baffin Island in the 1570s to sustain...
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    Lo Hon-cho Louis-Michel Aury Mansel Alcantra Manuel Ribeiro Pardal Martin Frobisher Mary Lindsey Mary Read Mary Wolverston Michel de Grammont Moses Cohen...
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    received a narwhal tusk said to be worth 10,000 pounds sterling from Martin Frobisher, an English sailor and privateer, who proposed that the tusk was from...
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    Hernán Cortés and La Malinche Martín de Porres (1579–1639), Catholic patron saint of people of mixed race Martin Frobisher (c. 1535–1594), English privateer...
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    of Thanksgiving in North America occurred during the 1578 voyage of Martin Frobisher from England in search of the Northwest Passage. Other researchers...
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    the event being distributed in the city. In 1577, English privateer Martin Frobisher captured two Inuit and brought them back to England for display. One...
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