Frobisher, Martin

Martin Frobisher (* um 1535 in Normanton in Yorkshire; † 22. November 1594 in Plymouth) war ein englischer Entdecker, der zwischen 1576 und 1578 auf drei Reisen in die Arktis versuchte, die Nordwestpassage zu finden.

Literatur

The three voyages of Martin Frobisher, in search of a passage to Cathaia and India by the North-west, A.D. 1576-8. Reprinted from the first ed. of Hakluyt's Voyages, with selections from manuscript documents in the British Museum and State Paper Office. By Rear-Admiral Richard Collinson (1867) (PDF-Datei)
Frank Jones: The life of Sir Martin Frobisher, Knight. Containing a narrative of the spanish armada, 1878 (PDF-Datei)