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

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Greenlandic: Avannaata Imaa; French: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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):...

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...

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

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...

1703) undated – Jean Pecquet, French anatomist (died 1674) January 23 – William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584) February 19 – Sir Henry...

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...

'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....

from the Avalon Project Markham, Clements R. (2010). The Voyages of William Baffin. BoD – Books on Demand. ISBN 978-3-86195-190-2. Rapple, Rory (2004)...

remnant of the Laurentide Ice Sheet called the Barnes Ice Cap, on central Baffin Island. During the Late Pleistocene, the Laurentide ice sheet reached from...

Baedeker Leo Baekeland, Belgian inventor – Bakelite William Baffin, British explorer – Baffin Bay, Baffin Island Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader – Baháʼí...

extending from the Labrador Sea in the southeast through Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and the Arctic Archipelago in the northwest. It consists of a series...

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...