21. Arctic: Arctic Voyages Of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure, The European belief that unexplored regions of the new world held vast, It is a good introduction to frobisher and the exploration of Canada s northern http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3712/is_200303/ai_n9172646

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22. Early Modern Themes: Old And New Worlds Renaissance exploration, Travel, and the world outside Europe (Norton Topics Inuit and Englishmen the Nunavut Voyages of martin frobisher (Canadian http://www.earlymodernweb.org.uk/themes/worlds.htm

Early Modern Resources Themes Search Reference Representations ... HOME Old and New Worlds Explorations and Encounters Maps, Images and Texts Nations Slavery Explorations and Encounters The Early Modern World (Internet Modern History Sourcebook) sections on the early modern world system, mercantile capitalism, trade and the 'new economy' Columbus and the Age of Discovery (Millersville, Pennsylvania) searchable database of articles etc relating to 'encounter themes, as well as links to other sites The European Voyages of Discovery (Department of History, University of Calgary) an online tutorial focusing on the Portugese and Spanish explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, in Africa, America and Asia Discoverers' Web (Andre Engels) all kinds of web materials on voyages of discovery, exploration and explorers Renaissance Exploration and Trade (Annenberg/CPB Project) part of an on-line exhibit on the Renaissance Renaissance Exploration, Travel, and the World outside Europe (Norton Topics Online) Emigrants and Settlers (Norton Topics Online) Cultural Readings: Colonization and Print in the Americas (University of Pennsylvania Library) online exhibition, exploring Europeans' attempts 'to "read" native cultures of the Americas' (and vice versa); six thematic sections, including 'promotion and possession', 'viewers and the viewed', 'colonial fictions, colonial histories'

23. Carol Medlicott Re-Thinking Geographical Exploration As Intelligence Collection concerned his promotional interests in new world exploration (Figure 1). 22 Bernard Allaire and Donald Hogarth, “martin frobisher, the Spaniards, http://www.sochistdisc.org/2003_articles/medlicott.htm

Re-Thinking Geographical Exploration as Intelligence Collection : The Example of Lewis and Clark’s “Corps of Discovery” Carol Medlicott Introduction Among geographers and historians of ideas there has been increased attention in recent years to the processes brought to bear in the construction of knowledge about distant places by the Western powers, particularly during two periods, the Age of Exploration and the Enlightenment. Producers of geographic and cartographic knowledge – that is, authors and compilers of travel accounts, atlases, maps, and other geographic texts – were not always direct participants in voyages of exploration. Consequently, the ways in which trust and credibility were established between those gathering geographic information and those consuming it have come under scrutiny. Moreover, scholars have observed that the texts produced through geographical exploration amount to “power-knowledge,” after Foucault, who posits that bodies of knowledge are necessarily tied to systems of social control. Maps are one such form of power-knowledge

24. English And French Explorations: Newfoundland And Labrador Heritage who was to become the focus of French activity in the new world. The nextattempt was not until 1576, when martin frobisher made the first of three http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/engfrench.html

Early Exploration Later Exploration Portuguese Explorers Early Cartography Cartier navigated much of the coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador on his 1534 and 1535 voyages. Many English voyages to Labrador resulted from efforts to find the Northwest Passage. The English navigator, John Davis, gave his name to Davis Inlet. English And French Explorations Portugal was not the only country interested in the emerging lands of the northwest Atlantic. Both England and France were concerned to stake their claims as well, disputing the right of the Pope to divide the world between Spain and Portugal. Like the Portuguese, they were interested in establishing the geography of the region, and were especially interested to find out whether a viable westerly route to Asia actually existed. This was the primary reason for those English voyages which took place after Cabot. By contrast, the French were as interested in the potential of the fisheries, and the other resources which the region had to offer. 16th Century French Galleon.

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26. The Age Of Exploration The new world with Cortez and Pizarro http//www.gold.org/Ginfos/Gi1anc.htm Sir martin frobisher http//www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/frobiser.html http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DeerParkES/kids/explore/explore.htm

The Age of Exploration Goal : Students will trace the routes and evaluate early explorations of the Americas, in terms of: The motivations, obstacles, and accomplishments of sponsors and leaders of key expeditions from Spain, France, Portugal and England The political, economic, and social impact on the American Indians The economic, ideological, religious, and nationalist forces that led to competition among European powers for control of North America Student Produced Web Pages on Explorers Balboa http://campus.northpark.edu/history/ WebChron/Americas/Balboa.html Famous Hispanics: Balboa http://coloquio.com/famosos/balboa. html John and Sebastian Cabot http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/ 03126d.htm John Cabot's Voyage of 1498 http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/ cabot1498.html The Voyages of Jacques Cartier http://www.mariner.org/age/cartier.html Cartier http://whistler.ccm.nrcan.gc.ca/cgndb/english/schoolnet/nfld/jacques.html Samuel de Champlain http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Champlain.htm

27. Elizabethan Exploration & Foreign Policy Sir Francis Drake, Sir martin frobisher, Sir Walter Raleigh but English seamenand merchants continually infringed his rights in the new world. http://history.wisc.edu/sommerville/361/361-19.htm

J.P.Sommerville Sir Francis Drake Sir Martin Frobisher Sir Walter Raleigh Sir Humphrey Gilbert Elizabeth I: exploration and foreign policy The reign of Elizabeth was a great age of English exploration. This expansion led eventually to the foundation of the British Empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, but it brought England into conflict with Spain. The later years of Elizabeth's reign also saw a long and expensive war in Ireland. Exploration English merchants were the main promoters of exploration and discovery. They wanted to buy the Oriental spices (cinnamon, peppers, cloves) that were needed to preserve and flavor meat in an age before refrigeration. (Salting and smoking were also used to preserve food, but these methods had a worse effect on taste). Spices could be obtained through Middle-Eastern middlemen, but they charged a massive mark-up that made the spices very expensive. Europeans therefore wanted to establish a direct sea-route to the Far East so that they could buy directly from China, India, and the East Indies. Spanish and Portuguese seamen sailed west to America, or south (around the Horn of Africa) and then east across the Indian Ocean.

28. The Atlantic World: Timeline Of European Exploration / De Atlantische Wereld: Ti 157678, The Englishman martin frobisher makes three attempts to find the Northwest In 1841 the new-York Historical Society began a project to publish http://international.loc.gov/intldl/awkbhtml/kb-1/kb-1-1-3.html

The Library of Congress Global Gateway [English] [Nederlands] ... Advanced Search Collections Interpretive Texts Timeline of European Exploration Tijdbalk van de Europese ontdekkingsreizen The Atlantic World Home The Dutch in America, 1609-1664 Exploration and Discovery The Dutch in America, 1609-1664 ... New Netherland The Portuguese explorer Dinis Dias is the first European to sail down the west coast of Africa to its westernmost point, which he names Cape Verde. Diago Cao explores the west coast of Africa for Portugal and discovers the mouth of the Congo River. Bartholomeu Dias of Portugal is the first European to sail from the Iberian Peninsula to the southern tip of Africa. Christopher Columbus completes four exploratory voyages to the Western Hemisphere. Sailing from Lisbon with four ships, the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama is the first European to round the Cape of Good Hope; after a stay in India, he returns to Portugal with half his original fleet. Sailing eastward, a small fleet of Spanish ships under the command of Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the globe for the first time. Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian in the service of France, explores the North American coast from the Carolinas to Newfoundland, including the mouth of the Hudson River.

29. Sir Humphrey Gilbert Both martin frobisher and John Davys were inspired by this work. involvement inSir Humphrey Gilbrt the exploration and colonization of the new world. http://www.nps.gov/fora/gilbert.htm

SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT Although Sir Humphrey Gilbert was not involved directly in the Roanoke voyages, both he and members of his family participated in early Educated at Eton and at Oxford, Humphrey Gilbert also spent time in the household of Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth. In 1562-63, he served under the Earl of Warwick at Le Havre and was wounded during the siege. Early interested in exploration, in 1566 he prepared A Discourcs of a Discoveries for a new Passage to Cataia [China] in which he urged the queen to seek a Northwest Passage to China because the known routes were controlled by the Spanish and the Portuguese. Both Martin Frobisher and John Davys were inspired by this work. Gilbert invested in Frobisher's 1576 voyage and Davys named Gilbert Sound, near Greenland, in his honor. Gilbert also served in Munster, Ireland, where in 1570 he was knighted by the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney. In 1571 he was elected to represent Plymouth in Parliament. In 1573 he presented the queen with a plan for Queen Elizabeth's Academy, which was to be a university in London to train the nobility and the gentry for the army and the navy. It was to be several centuries before there would be either a university in London or schools for military training. the exploration and colonization of the New World. On February 6, 1584, Adrian Gilbert obtained Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage. And on March 25, 1584, Walter Ralegh obtained a Royal Patent to explore and colonize farther South. His expeditions to what is now North Carolina between 1584 and 1587 are known as the Roanoke Voyages.

30. Sir Humphrey Gilbert Both martin frobisher and John Davys were inspired by this work. continued thefamily involvement in the exploration and colonization of the new world. http://www.nps.gov/fora/test/gilbert.htm

SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT Although Sir Humphrey Gilbert was not involved directly in the Roanoke voyages, both he and members of his family participated in early colonization efforts, and Gilbert decisively influenced his half-brother Sir Walter Ralegh, the leading proponent of the Roanoke Island colonies. Born about 1539, Gilbert was the second son of Otho Gilbert and Katherine Champernowne. Compton Castle, the family seat, was then held by Otho's elder brother John; thus it was at Greenway on the River Dart, that John, Humphrey, Adrian and Elizabeth Gilbert were born. All four children were minors when their father died in 1547. Their mother then married Walter Ralegh the elder, and bore two more sons and one daughterWalter, Carew, and Margaret Ralegh. Educated at Eton and at Oxford, Humphrey Gilbert also spent time in the household of Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth. In 1562-63, he served under the Earl of Warwick at Le Havre and was wounded during the siege. Early interested in exploration, in 1566 he prepared A Discourcs of a Discoveries for a new Passage to Cataia [China] in which he urged the queen to seek a Northwest Passage to China because the known routes were controlled by the Spanish and the Portuguese. Both Martin Frobisher and John Davys were inspired by this work. Gilbert invested in Frobisher's 1576 voyage and Davys named Gilbert Sound, near Greenland, in his honor.

31. Wessel And Lieberman Booksellers: The Third Voyage of martin frobisher to Baffin Island 1578. North Americanexploration A new world Disclosed (North American exploration , Vol 1). http://www.wlbooks.com/cgi-bin/wlb455.cgi/scan/mp=keywords/se=EXPLORATION/st=sql

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32. The Atlas Of Canada - References And Links new American world A Documentary History of North America to 1612. Inuit andEnglishmen The Nunavut Voyages of martin frobisher A Canadian Museum and http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/historical/exploration/exploration/np/refer

Français Contact Us Help Search ... Site Search Our Site Enter your keywords Explore Our Maps Environment Economy History ... The Search for a Northwest Passage 1576 to 1587 References and Links References and Links References and Links has information on the map sources, bibliographic references and links to related Web sites. List of References and Links: Map Sources References Web Sites Map Sources The Atlas maps are composed of several layers of which there are two broad categories: thematic and base layers. Find below a description of each of the map layers. The layer source is included in the metadata. Thematic Map Layers Extent of Territory Known to Europeans 1497-1650 In the period 1497-1650, the extent of the territory known to Europeans expanded significantly due to the successive waves of exploration in this area of Canada, and also through information gathered from Aboriginal accounts. The accumulation of knowledge which each exploration revealed of Canada’s geography provided the impetus for further exploration. Read the metadata on this layer Maritime Exploration 1497-1599 This map layer shows the exploration routes (and thus, the extent of exploration) that took place in Canada during the sixteenth century. The selection of explorers was based on the availability of written and cartographic records. Only those routes that revealed new geographic information are mapped.

33. European Explorers Theme Page martin frobisher John Franklin Henry Hudson, France Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain European Explorers in the new world Early Explorers http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/explorer.htm

Elementary Themes European Explorers The Age of Exploration: General Resources Baseline Maps For Plotting Voyages European Explorers Organized By Country For Which They Explored England John Cabot Sir Humphrey Gilbert James Cook ... Henry Hudson France Jacques Cartier Samuel de Champlain Italy Marco Polo Spain Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Hernando Cortes Others The Vikings Teacher Resources Portugual Vasco da Gama Gaspar Corte Real Henry the Navigator Other Explorers Lists The Explorers of New France (Early Canada) European Explorers in the "New World" Early Explorers DISCOVERY AND COLONIZATION OF AMERICA ... Biographies of European Explorations of America Contact Jim Cornish, Grade Five Teacher, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. This page was last updated on May, 2002. You have made the visit to my Theme Pages!

34. Explorer Martin Frobisher David Park, Mungo - Speke, John Hanning. new world Explorers Introduction -16th Century - martin frobisher_ martin frobisher was the first http://www.archaeolink.com/explorer_martin_frobisher.htm

Explorer Martin Frobisher Home Arctic Explorers General Resources Antarctica Explorers General Resources Africa Explorers Behaim, Martin Cadamosto, Alvise da Dias, Bartolomeu Eannes, Gil ... Speke, John Hanning New World Explorers Albanel, Charles Balboa, Vasco Nunez de Brûlé, Étienne Cabot, John ... Vespucci, Amerigo World Explorers Cook, James Da Gama, Vasco Drake, Sir Francis General Resources ... Zheng He (Cheng Ho) Introduction - 16th Century - Martin Frobisher _"Martin Frobisher was the first Englishman since the Cabots to look for the Northwest Passage, and was the first European to sail into what later became known as Hudson Strait. In his time, he was most famous as a privateer and pirate. Indeed, it was partly his greed for gold that sent him on three voyages to Canada's northern waters." These pages are designed for young explorers, but students of all ages will find the information useful. (You might want to increase the text size.) - Illustrated - From Library and Archives Canada - http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/explorateurs/jeunesse/h3-1330-e.html

35. Canadian Explorers - EnchantedLearning.com in establishing and administering the French colonies in the new world. Sir martin frobisher (1535?1594) was an English privateer (a pirate http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/canada.shtml

Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. Enchanted Learning Zoom Explorers A B C D ... Glossary of Exploration Terms Explorers of Canada More information on Canada AMUNDSEN, ROALD Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer who was the first person to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible (May 11-13, 1926) and was the first person to reach the South Pole. Amundsen and his small expedition reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911, traveling by dog sled. Amundsen was also the first person to sail around the world through the Northeast and Northwest passages, from the Atlantic to the Pacific (in 1905). He was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Amundsen died in a plane crash attempting to rescue his friend, the Italian explorer Umberto Nobile who was lost in an airship. For more information on Amundsen, click here

36. Martin Frobisher frobisher was one of the first English explorers to find and navigate the frobisher was placed in command of an expedition to the new world in 1576, http://www.plpsd.mb.ca/amhs/history/frobiser.html

Sir Martin Frobisher Martin Frobisher was born around 1535 and died in 1594. Frobisher was one of the first English explorers to find and navigate the Northwest Passage that led to the Orient. Frobisher was also one of the greatest men of the Elizabethan seamen. In the town of Altofts, Yorkshire, Martin Frobisher was born. Martin spent his early years in London after his father died. Frobisher was apprenticed as a cabin boy in 1544, being skillful and a daring seaman, Frobisher steadily rose in rank. In 1565 Martin had finally become a captain. Additional Links: Raymond J. Condon Memorial Library Archeology of the Frobisher Voyages Research References Funk and Wagnalls New Encyclopaedia, Page 93, Volume 11. All the AMHS Canadian History pages were researched and prepared by the students at Arthur Meighen High School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. We(students) have tried to be as accurate as possible with our interpretation of our reference material. We are sorry for any confusion/misunderstandings this information may cause. All linked pages created by other people are the property of the original author, and are not associated with Arthur Meighen High School in any way. We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has a link or relative information that we can supplement to our pages. Please contact us via

37. Other English Explorers His journal, A new Voyage Around the world (1697), helped increase English Sir martin frobisher (FROH bih shuhr) (1535?1594), was one of the first http://www2.worldbook.com/features/explorers/html/newworld_english_oee.html

FEATURE OF THE MONTH Christopher Columbus and the Great Age of Exploration Early explorations The great age of European exploration Columbus and other New World explorers ... Sir Walter Raleigh Other English explorers French explorers Other explorers of the Great Age Charting the explorers of the Great Age of European Exploration The continuing saga of exploration ... Related Web sites Other English explorers Click on the links below to read about other English explorers of the great age of European exploration. William Baffin John Cabot Sebastian Cabot William Dampier ... Bartholomew Gosnold William Baffin William Baffin (1584?-1622), was an English navigator and explorer. In 1612, he went to Greenland with an expedition. In 1615, he led an expedition to find the Northwest Passage to Asia. His name was given to Baffin Bay, which he explored in 1616, and to Baffin Island. He explored Greenland in 1612 and 1615. In 1616, he became the first European to reach Ellesmere Island. Sir Clements R. Markham edited stories of Baffin's expeditions and published them as The Voyages of William Baffin (1881). Baffin was killed while serving with the East India Company on the island of Qishm in the Persian Gulf.

38. The Norton Anthology Of English Literature: The 16th Century: Topic 2: Overview Sir martin frobisher explored bleak Baffin Island in search of a Northwest Passage Inspired by Amerigo Vespucci s accounts of the new world discoveries, http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/16century/topic_2/welcome.htm

English men and women of the sixteenth century experienced an unprecedented increase in knowledge of the world beyond their island. Religious persecution at home compelled a substantial number of both Catholics and Protestants to live abroad; wealthy gentlemen (and, in at least a few cases, ladies) traveled in France and Italy to view the famous cultural monuments; merchants published accounts of distant lands like Turkey, Morocco, Egypt, and Russia; and military and trading ventures took English ships to still more distant shores. In 1496, a Venetian tradesman living in Bristol, John Cabot, was granted a license by Henry VII to sail on a voyage of exploration, and with his son Sebastian discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia; in 1583, Sir Humphrey Gilbert returned to Newfoundland to try to establish a colony there. The Elizabethan age saw remarkable feats of seamanship and reconnaissance. On his ship the

39. Explorers And Early Travels a teenaged Spanish sailor shipwrecked off the coast of the new world in 1595 . The Nunavut voyages of martin frobisher, from the Canadian Museum of http://archaeology.about.com/od/explorers/

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40. Martin Frobisher: Definition And Much More From Answers.com The Three Voyages of martin frobisher by George Best was edited from the who made several voyages to the new world to look for the Northwest Passage. http://www.answers.com/topic/martin-frobisher

showHide_TellMeAbout2('false'); Business Entertainment Games Health ... More... On this page: Dictionary Encyclopedia WordNet Wikipedia Mentioned In Or search: - The Web - Images - News - Blogs - Shopping Martin Frobisher Dictionary Fro·bish·er frà  bÄ­-shər, frà b , Sir Martin English explorer who made three voyages to the Canadian Arctic (1576, 1577, and 1578) in search of the Northwest Passage. var tcdacmd="cc=edu;dt"; Encyclopedia Frobisher, Sir Martin frà  bÄ­shər ) , 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. On his first voyage he sailed into Frobisher Bay to S Baffin Island, and from its shores brought back some black ore thought to contain gold and an Eskimo to prove his belief that he had actually reached fabled Cathay. Returning to Baffin Island on his next two journeys, he explored Frobisher Bay to its head and penetrated a short distance up Hudson Strait. Since his geographical discovery was slight and no gold was revealed in his cargoes of ore, Frobisher's name was discredited for a time. In 1585, however, he won glory as commander of a ship in Sir Francis Drake 's expedition to the West Indies and was knighted for his services with Drake and Sir John

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