What is Martin Frobisher?
{{Infobox person | name = Sir Martin Frobisher | image = Martin Frobisher by Ketel.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sir Martin Frobisher by [[Cornelis Ketel]], c. 1577 | birth_date = c. 1535 or 1539 | birth_place = [[Altofts]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1594|11|15}} (aged 55&ndash;59) | death_place = [[Plymouth, Devon|Plymouth]], England | education = | occupation = [[Seaman]] | spouse = | parents = | children = | nationality = English | signature = }} '''Sir Martin Frobisher''' (1535 or 1539 &ndash; 15 November 1594) was an [[English people|English]] seaman who made three voyages to the [[New World]] to look for the [[Northwest Passage]]. All of them landed in what is now northeastern [[Canada]], around [[Resolution Island (Nunavut)|Resolution Island]] and [[Frobisher Bay]].<ref>{{Cite document | last= | last2= | first2= | title=Canadian Encyclopedia | publisher=Historica Foundation, Toronto | year=2011 | url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003077 | postscript=< Retrieved 31 Jan 2011> | journal= | access-date=3 October 2012 | archive-date=24 January 2012 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/64wSVvBpt?url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/sir-martin-frobisher | url-status=dead }}</ref> On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships since initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.10 per ton. Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carted 1,350 tons of the ore back, but after years of smelting, it was realised that both that batch of ore and the earlier one he had taken had been worthless [[iron pyrite]]. As an English [[privateer]]/[[pirate]], he collected riches from French ships. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the [[Spanish Armada]] in 1588. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Frobis