Sir martin frobisher biography definition
Sir martin frobisher biography definition
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Martin Frobisher
English seaman and privateer (–)
Sir Martin Frobisher | |
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Sir Martin Frobisher by Cornelis Ketel, | |
| Born | c.&#; or Altofts, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | ()22 November (aged 55–59) Plymouth, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Seaman |
| Spouses | Isobel Richard &#; (m.&#;&#x;&#;&#x;)&#;Dorothy Wentworth &#; (m.&#;)&#; |
| Parent(s) | Bernard Frobisher and Margaret York |
Sir Martin Frobisher (; c.&#;/ – 22 November ) 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]
On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried short tons (&#;t) of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £ per ton (equivalent to £1, per