Failures by Thomas James and Luke Foxe killed interest in it for over a century in Britain, until an assignment involving it was given to Christopher Middleton.
Failures by Thomas James and Luke Foxe killed interest in it for over a century in Britain, until an assignment involving it was given to Christopher Middleton., partially due to Arthur Dobbs' obsession with it. Francis Smith and William Moor were among the first to respond to Parliament's offer of a 20,000 pound reward for information on it, though it wasn't until 1854 that the prize would be claimed by Robert McClure. Sir John Franklin died on his quest for it, while rumors of its existence were popularized in 1566 after the publication of a treatise on finding a new approach to Cataia, which was written by Humphrey Gilbert. Martin Frobisher, William Baffin, and Henry Hudson all led failed expeditions to find, FTP, what storied sea route said to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Arctic waters of North America?
Failures by Thomas James and Luke Foxe killed interest in it for over a century in Britain, until an assignment involving it was given to Christopher Middleton.
{Northwest Passage}