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Martin Frobisher: English Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
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Sir Martin Frobisher (1535?-1594) was an English privateer (a pirate licensed by the British government), navigator, explorer, and naval officer. After years of sailing to northwestern Africa, and then looting French ships in the English Channel, Frobisher sailed to northeastern North America to search for a Northwest Passage (a sea route across northern Canada from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, making the trip to Asia easier).

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1Up Info - Frobisher, Sir Martin (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
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1535?–1594, English mariner. He went to sea as a boy, and spent much of his youth in the African trade. He later gained the friendship of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, through whom he became interested in the Northwest Passage. Licensed by Queen Elizabeth I and backed by a group of merchant adventurers, Frobisher made three voyages (1576, 1577, and 1578) to the Arctic in search of the passage.

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Мартин Фробишер - Russian
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Английский пират, исследователь, приватир. В 1585-1586 годах в качестве вице-адмирала участвовал в плавании Дрейка в Вест-Индию и сыграл важную роль в захвате Санто-Доминго и Картахены.

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Frobisher, Martin -- Encyclopжdia Britannica Online Article - English
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Searching for a Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, he crossed the Atlantic in 1576 and reached Labrador and Baffin Island, discovering Frobisher Bay. Returning to England with reports of possible gold mines, he obtained royal backing for further expeditions in 1577 and 1578; when he brought back nothing of value, his backing collapsed.

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Martin Frobisher - English
URL: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/arctic/explore/frobishe.htm

Accomplishments, Interesting Facts.

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Civilization.ca - Voyages of Martin Frobisher - Martin Frobisher - English
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What sort of man was the leader of the expeditions into Arctic waters? A portrait of Martin Frobisher, commissioned in 1577 following the apparent success of his first Arctic voyage, shows a tall, well-built, commanding figure - adventurer and warrior - a little impatient with posing.

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Civilization.ca - Inuit and Englishmen: The Nunavut voyages of Martin Frobisher - English
URL: http://www.civilization.ca/hist/frobisher/frint01e.html

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