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The Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher: an Elizabethan adventure

The American Review of Canadian Studies, 2004, Vol.34 (1), p.156 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Association for Canadian Studies in the U.S. Spring 2004 ;ISSN: 0272-2011 ;EISSN: 1943-9954

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  • Title:
    The Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher: an Elizabethan adventure
  • Author: McGhee, Robert ; McDonald, Terry
  • Subjects: Discovery & exploration ; Frobisher, Martin
  • Is Part Of: The American Review of Canadian Studies, 2004, Vol.34 (1), p.156
  • Description: It is primarily a work of narrative history, drawing upon the many contemporary accounts of [Martin Frobisher]'s exploits rather than any hitherto undiscovered manuscripts. It begins by introducing the key players involved in Frobisher's Arctic voyages and Frobisher himself is dealt with sympathetically, from his Yorkshire birth, by way of his early career sailing to West Africa and his imprisonment by the Portuguese and, once released, to his involvement in privateering. Thanks to a curious blend of patronage, self promotion, and good luck, he eventually made the transformation from near-pirate to respected sea captain and commander of a Queen's ship. In 1576 he was entrusted with the leadership of a venture which sought to find the fabled Northwest Passage. From this came his reputation and his eventual place in English and Canadian maritime history. The last two chapters are a real bonus. Having concluded his narrative, [Robert McGhee] devotes the penultimate chapter to a visit to Countess of Warwick's Island (presentday Kodlurnan Island) where the main mining activities took place and describes how many traces remain of Frobisher's presence. The final chapter makes a case for how little human nature has changed over four centuries by discussing how and why so many assayers could have said that the rock brought home by Frobisher was gold ore. More tellingly, he draws disturbing parallels with the Bre-X affair of the 1990s, pointing out the many remarkable similarities between that ill-fated venture and those of Frobisher and his colleagues.
  • Publisher: Washington: Taylor & Francis Inc
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0272-2011
    EISSN: 1943-9954
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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