7 June 1585
North West Passage
English sea captain John Davis sets sail from Dartmouth with 2 ships to search for the Northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
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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
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
North Star was lost with all hands in a gale near Ireland while returning from John Davis's second Arctic voyage.
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