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William Baffin
William Baffin
( – 23 January 1622) was an English
navigator
and explorer. He is primarily known for his attempt to discover a
Northwest Passage
from the
Atlantic
to the
Pacific
, during the course of which he discovered
Baffin Bay
in what is now
Canada
. He was also responsible for exceptional surveys of the
Red Sea
and
Persian Gulf
on behalf of the
East India Company
.
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