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sir mar·tin fro·bish·er

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  1. Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobishernoun

    English explorer who led an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594)

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  1. Sir Martin Frobisher

    Sir Martin Frobisher (; c. 1535 – 22 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer who made three voyages to the New World looking for the North-west Passage. He probably sighted Resolution Island near Labrador in north-eastern Canada, before entering Frobisher Bay and landing on present-day Baffin Island. On his second voyage, Frobisher found what he thought was gold ore and carried 200 tons of it home on three ships, where initial assaying determined it to be worth a profit of £5.20 per ton. Encouraged, Frobisher returned to Canada with an even larger fleet and dug several mines around Frobisher Bay. He carried 1,350 tons of the ore back to England, where, after years of smelting, it was realized that the ore was a worthless rock containing the mineral hornblende. As an English privateer, he plundered riches from French ships. He was later knighted for his service in repelling the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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  1. sir martin frobisher

    Sir Martin Frobisher was an English seaman and privateer who made multiple voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage across North America to Asia. He was one of the earliest explorers of the Northeast coast of North America. He is perhaps most famous for his venture to mine what he thought was gold ore in the Canadian Arctic, which turned out to be worthless iron pyrite. This enterprise was an abysmal failure that nearly bankrupted his backers. Nonetheless, Frobisher was knighted for his efforts, particularly for his services in repelling the Spanish Armada in 1588.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sir martin frobisher in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sir martin frobisher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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