The English silk-weaver William Baffin (c. 1584 – 23 January 1622) became a navigator, explorer and cartographer. He is primarily known for his attempt...

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Greenlandic: Avannaata Imaa; French: Baie de Baffin; Danish: Baffinbugten), located between Baffin Island and...

Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada, the second largest island in the Americas...

the larger Laguna Madre Baffin Island Current, an ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay William Baffin, a 17th-century English...

Rosa 'William Baffin' is a deep pink Hybrid Kordesii rose cultivar, bred by Canadian rose breeder, Felicitas Svejda in 1974. It was introduced in Canada...

and the Labrador Sea to Hudson Bay in Canada. This strait lies between Baffin Island and Nunavik, with its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley in...

interest from scientists. Robert Bylot and William Baffin were the first Europeans to sight Devon Island in 1616. William Edward Parry charted its south coast...

North America included Martin Frobisher, John Davis, Henry Hudson and William Baffin. In 1670 the incorporation of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) led to...

1999, p. 62. Baffin 1881, The voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622, p.xxvi e.g. Baffin 1881. William Baffin's expedition is recorded as having Basque crew...

by William Baffin reaches the Foxe Basin in search of the Northwest Passage 1616: English expedition captained by Robert Bylot and piloted by William Baffin...

Northwest Passage followed in the 17th century, including Henry Hudson, William Baffin and Robert Bylot. Cornwallis and Ellesmere Islands featured in the history...

under Lieutenant William Edward Parry. Ross sailed anti-clockwise around Baffin Bay repeating the observations made by William Baffin two hundred years...

Portuguese 15th West African coast George Back English 19th Canada (Arctic) William Baffin English 17th Northwest Passage, Canada (Arctic) Abu Bakr II Mali Empire...

East of Baffin Island: Baffin Bay between Greenland and Baffin Island to Lancaster Sound at the north end of Baffin Island, or West of Baffin Island (impractical):...

to the Northwest Passage, on the north-west side of Baffin Bay (74° N.), was named by William Baffin after Sir James. His will (dated 18 April 1618) established...

sailed between Qeshm Island and China, India, and Africa. Explorer William Baffin was mortally wounded on Qeshm in 1622 during a battle against Portuguese...

Northwest Passage. In the 1610s, the area was surveyed by British explorers William Baffin and Robert Bylot. They named several features of the area including...

cultural well-being. Lancaster Sound was named in 1616 by explorer William Baffin for Sir James Lancaster, one of the three main financial supporters...

end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. Eclipse Sound to the southeast and Navy Board Inlet to the southwest separate it from Baffin Island...

Markham, Clements (1881). The voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622. London: Hakluyt Society. William Baffin. Wood, George Arnold (1922). The discovery...

Harts-ease in Baffin's account. Markham, C. R. (1881). The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. London: the Hakluyt Society. Mills, William J. (2003). Exploring...

hired Bylot to find the Northwest Passage as captain of Discovery. William Baffin was the pilot. They sailed west from Hudson Strait and were blocked...

glossopetrae. Robert Bylot and William Baffin, searching for the Northwest Passage, make a detailed exploration of Baffin Bay (March 26–August 30), discover...

: 334  The 1616 expedition of William Baffin were the first Europeans to record sighting the then-unnamed Ellesmere Island (Baffin named Jones and Smith Sounds...

voyages for the discovery of the North-West Passage in North America. William Baffin named Smith Sound between Greenland and Ellesmere Island to honour the...

'Henry Hudson' (1976), 'John Cabot' (1978), 'Charles Albanel' (1982), 'William Baffin' (1983), 'Henry Kelsey' (1984), 'Alexander MacKenzie' (1985), 'John...

28 – Juan de Dicastillo, Spanish theologian (d. 1653) date unknown William Baffin, English explorer (d. 1622) Francis Beaumont, English dramatist (d....

and the English casualties were few, but included the famous explorer William Baffin. The Anglo-Persian fleet then sailed to Hormuz and the Persians disembarked...

Cap in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada is named for him. Kekerten Territorial Park William Penny collection Goodsir, Robert (1850)...

ISSN 0346-8755 Full text: Ebsco Markham, C.R. (1881). The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612–1622. London: the Hakluyt Society. Mawar, Granville (1999). Ahab's...