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Martin Frobisher

1535 - 1594

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Sir Martin Frobisher (; c. 1535/1539 – 22 November 1594) was an English sea captain 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. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 short tons (180 t) of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.20 per ton (equivalent to £1,900 per ton in 2023). Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Frobisher is the 157th most popular explorer (down from 149th in 2019), the 1,426th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,288th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Martin Frobisher ranks 157 out of 498. Before him are Rodrigo de Triana, Vladimir Arsenyev, Alexandrine Tinné, João da Nova, Ahmad ibn Rustah, and Scylax of Caryanda. After him are Hans Staden, Gil Eanes, Cornelis de Houtman, Adrien de Gerlache, Gaspar de Portolá, and Enrique of Malacca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Martin Frobisher ranks 11. Before him are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Giambattista della Porta, Shimazu Yoshihiro, and Luis de Molina. After him are Sayri Túpac, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Catherine Stenbock, Marcantonio Colonna, Titu Cusi, and Frans Hogenberg. Among people deceased in 1594, Martin Frobisher ranks 7. Before him are Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tintoretto, Gerardus Mercator, Orlande de Lassus, Ishikawa Goemon, and Archduchess Eleanor of Austria. After him are Alonso de Ercilla, Thomas Kyd, Bálint Balassi, William Allen, and Girolamo Mei.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Frobisher ranks 1,426 out of 8,785. Before him are Duncan Edwards (1936), Catherine Ashton (1956), James Lind (1716), William Henry Perkin (1838), William Booth (1829), and Vinnie Jones (1965). After him are Victoria Beckham (1974), Alan Watts (1915), Mick Taylor (1949), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Anthony Daniels (1946), and Alice Bailey (1880).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Martin Frobisher ranks 24. Before him are George Vancouver (1757), Mary Kingsley (1862), Ranulph Fiennes (1944), Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), and Isabella Bird (1831). After him are Edward Wilson (1872), Matthew Flinders (1774), John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), and Douglas Mawson (1882).

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