Luke Foxe (or Fox) (20 October 1586 – c. 15 July 1635) was an English explorer, born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, who searched for the Northwest...
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The basin takes its name from the English explorer Luke Foxe who entered the lower part in 1631. Foxe Basin is a broad, predominantly shallow depression...
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twelve years later in 1631 by Captains Thomas James and Luke Foxe. Supposedly, Captain Foxe, upon discovering a cross erected by Button at Port Nelson...
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politician John Foxe (neuroscientist) (born 1967), Irish neuroscientist Kevin Foxe (fl. from 1982), American director and producer Luke Foxe (1586–1635),...
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Luke Fox can refer to: Real people Luke Foxe, also known as Luke Fox, an English explorer Luke Fox (judge), an Irish judge Fictional characters Luke Fox...
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named for the English explorer Luke Foxe. The first exploration of the Foxe Peninsula by Europeans was carried on by Luke Foxe in 1631. Although the exact...
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letters of Mr Paul Bayne (London 1618). Miller Christy, Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, vol. 1 (London, 1894), p...
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the English explorer Luke Foxe who reached it in 1631. "Foxe Channel". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. "Foxe Channel (Formerly Fox...
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pass Hudson Strait, was blocked by ice from going north, went west, met Luke Foxe on 29 July, reached land near Churchill, Manitoba on 11 August, went southeast...
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Kirenga. 1631–32 – Luke Foxe and Thomas James, in separate expeditions, both circumnavigate Hudson Bay in search of a Northwest Passage; Foxe sails through...
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Arctic explorer, Captain Luke Foxe. "Dunne Foxe Island, Nunavut, Canada". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2008-12-02. Christy, M.; Foxe, L.; James, T.; Gellibrand...
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Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (redirect from Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (FOXE))
Fans of X-Rated Entertainment (F.O.X.E., also known as FOXE) is a United States-based pornography fan organization founded by adult film actor, director...
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BCE and 1100 CE. The European name of Cape Dorset was given by Captain Luke Foxe after Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset, on 24 September 1631. The...
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by the English in 1631 during expeditions by captains Thomas James and Luke Foxe.: 13, 28 Later, Fort Severn was established there as a trading post in...
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involving the right to catch whales in Spitsbergen. The Arctic explorer Luke Foxe, in writing about the early voyages to Spitsbergen, said of him: "......
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Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, regent of Tyrol (d. 1632) October 20 – Luke Foxe, English explorer (d. 1635) October 28 – Francis West, Deputy Governor...
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Southampton Island (category Islands of Foxe Basin)
(Inuktitut: Shugliaq) is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay at Foxe Basin. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island...
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by Captains Thomas James and Luke Foxe. Supposedly, upon discovering a cross erected by Button at Port Nelson, Captain Foxe christened the shore north of...
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Retrieved May 5, 2009. Christy, Miller (1894). The voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull, and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in search of a northwest...
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of the continent to further exploration. Other early explorers include Luke Foxe, John Davis, Robert Bylot, Thomas Button, George Weymouth, Thomas James...
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Retrieved 26 December 2012. Miller Christy (ed.), The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull and Captain Thomas James of Bristol, in Search of a North-west...
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Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, regent of Tyrol (d. 1632) October 20 – Luke Foxe, English explorer (d. 1635) October 28 – Francis West, Deputy Governor...
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Roes Welcome Sound (category Foxe Basin)
Ultra'. It is named after Sir Thomas Roe, friend and sponsor of explorer Luke Foxe's 1631 Arctic voyage. Captain William Edward Parry, trying to find the...
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Sovereignty. Dundurn. p. 205. ISBN 1554889898. The Voyages of Captain Luke Foxe of Hull and Captain Thomas James of Bristol in search of a North-west...
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mountains"). The cape represents the southern tip of the Foxe Peninsula. On September 24, 1631, Captain Luke Foxe named the landform "Cape Dorset" to honour his...
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Hudson in his quest for a Northwest Passage. It wasn't until 1631 when Luke Foxe (or Fox) on a voyage from "Vltimum Vale" (Cape Henrietta Maria), near...
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Gang War (comics) (section Luke Cage: Gang War)
and Luke Cage: Gang War #2 were dedicated in memory of Keith Giffen who died from a stroke on October 9, 2023. Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #40, Luke Cage:...
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pages. Like Speght's Chaucer, Foxe's Chaucer was also a shrewd (or lucky) political survivor. In his 1563 edition, Foxe "thought it not out of season...
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Dowager Duchess of Richmond, took over the care of his children and John Foxe, the Protestant martyrologist was employed to be their tutor, at the suggestion...
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Scandinavian History of the Viking Age at Clare Hall, Cambridge 18 November 2010 Foxe's Book of Martyrs Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of Church history at the...
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