He commanded the Triumph against the Spanish Armada in 1588, and for his success he was knighted.  
He commanded the Triumph against the Spanish Armada in 1588, and for his success he was knighted.  Two years later he mapped the Portuguese coast with John Hawkins.  Initially, he had gained fame by serving as vice admiral of Sir Francis Drake's expedition to the West Indies.  However, his legacy lasts with three trips made in search of the Northwest Passage, on the last of which he attempted to establish a colony on his namesake body of water.  FTP, name this explorer, whose namesake bay is an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean that extends into southeastern Baffin Island.
He commanded the Triumph against the Spanish Armada in 1588, and for his success he was knighted.  
Sir Martin Frobisher