Martin Frobisher

by Daniel

Martin Frobisher

Biographical Facts

      Martin Frobisher was born in 1535 but people are not quite when he was actually born but it was around 1535. Martin Frobisher died in 1594. Even though he only lived to the age of about 59 he did complete alot in his life. When he was a young child he did sail in ships and went out to sea. It said in a book that he was killed of a bad wound but I am not so sure about that.

Major Achievements

      Martin was very famous for his voyages. He only had three voyage but they were very good. The reason they were good because he discoverd what is now called Frobisher bay. He had his first voyage in 1576 his second in 1577 and his third in 1578. Martin was knighted. He was knighted by the queen of england. The reason he was knighted was so he could help defeat the spanish armada.

Country

        The reason that the voyages were made so that they could mine these black rocks wich they thought contained gold. They were also done so Martin could try and find a passage to China. Martin thought the first inuits they met were chinese.  The country they found there was very cold. The first expidition was not so they could mine the black rock but during the first expidition they found the black rocks.

Impact on the new world

    They had some problems with the inuits. There was a time when some of his men disapeared and never returned (they were taken by the inuits). Martins reply to this was he took a iniut man back with him to england. They also traded with the inuits. At first they thought the inuits were chinese thats what convinced Martin Frobisher that he did find a passage to china later though they relized they were not chinese. Some the inuits acted like guides and helped the crew around.

 This is the route Frobisher used

Personal reaction

I think Martin Frobisher had a pretty good impact on the world. I mean he did find Frobisher bay. He also fought for his country in time of war. I really do think though that he really didn't do that much. All he did was explored around a bit was knighted and fought in the army against the spanish armada. I think he would have been alot cooler if he had been an illegal pirate not a legal one. So all together he had a pretty positive impact on the world.

Bibliography

Explorer volume 2

Osborn book of explorers

World Book volume 7

Explorers and Discovery by R. Sandak

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