 | Meta Incognita: a discourse of discovery - volume 2: Martin Frobisher''s Arctic expeditions, 1576-1578 Subjects: Frobisher Martin Sir 1535?-1594 -- Journeys -- Northwest Territories -- Baffin Island; Explorers -- Arctic Regions; Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- English; Frobisher Bay (N.W.T.) -- Discovery and exploration; Baffin Island (N.W.T.) -- D; The Meta Incognita Project was initiated to cast new light on the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher and their significance for the histories of North America and Britain. Although the Elizabethan venture failed to discover a northwest passage to mines and precious metals, and to establish a colony in the future Canadian Arctic, it left valuable legacies. |
