Sir Martin Frobisher

(1535 c.-1594)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Frobisher, Martin, Sir, ca. 1535-1594 NRA: Frobisher Sir Martin (1535-1594) Knight Navigator DNB: Frobisher, Sir Martin (1535?-1594), privateer, explorer, and naval commander LBT ID: MaFrobi1594 VIAF ID: 130714 LOC ID: n83230256	B/BAP: 1535 DIED: 1594-11-22
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English mariner who sailed with Sir Walter Raleigh to the West Indies and made three attempts to discover a north-west passage.
REFERENCES TO Sir Martin Frobisher: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Contributors Found 1: ¶ 3 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter III Found 1: ¶ 19