Humphrey Gilbert1566
Prposes a voyage to the north west passage in "Discourse on a North-West Passage to India"
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Prposes a voyage to the north west passage in "Discourse on a North-West Passage to India"
English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 2 ships to search for the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 3 ships in a 2nd attempt to find the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
When Davis returns he learns that one ship, the North Star, had been lost with all hands in a gale near the coast of Ireland
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