The last name of English captain Robert Bylot's pilot, it was given to Canada's largest island
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Robert Bylot - Wikipedia  Robert Bylot was a 17th-century explorer who made four voyages to the Arctic. He was uneducated and from a working-class background, but was able to rise to rank of Master in the British Royal Navy. ... In England, almost total credit for the discovery was given to Baffin, and Bylot was ... Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
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John Davis (English explorer) - Wikipedia  John Davis or Davis (c. 1550  29 December 1605) was one of the chief English navigators of Elizabeth I. He led several voyages to discover the Northwest Passage and served as pilot and captain on both Dutch and English voyages to the East Indies. He discovered the Falkland Islands (today a British Overseas Territory) in ... From 1601 to 1603, he accompanied Sir James Lancaster as Pilot-Major on...
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Bylot Island Encyclopedia Arctica 13: Canada, Geography and ...  Bylot Island, named for Robert Bylot, mate to Hudson and Master of the. Discovery which had William Baffin as pilot in their great voyage in 1616, is a ... of a [ ?] good account given by Capt. ... possession of the island in the name of Canada. ... east along the longest axis of the island about 100 miles from Button Point to
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William Baffin | English navigator | Britannica.com  Aboard the Discovery with Captain Robert Bylot (1615), Baffin explored Hudson ... In 1616 Baffin again sailed as pilot of the Discovery and penetrated Baffin Bay ... square km), it is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest in the world. ... inhaled vapors, and applied ointments in the name of healing for millennia.
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The Aftermath of Henry Hudson's Last Voyage, 1611 and on  Jan 19, 2007 ... Robert Juet and Henry Greene were made the villains of the mutiny: they .... Hudson's tale sparked the imagination of England in 1611, and wild rumours spread rapidly. ... He was wounded in bowels by Eskimo on Digge's Island, and died ..... Canada Bylot, now captain of the Discovery, found and explored...
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Transatlantic telephone cable - Expand Your Mind - Topics  It was laid between Gallanach Bay, near Oban , Scotland and Clarenville , Newfoundland between 1955 and 1956 by the cable ship Monarch. ... CANTAT-1 was the first Canadian transatlantic telephone cable . .... a Hungarian village Tat, Iran , a village in Kerman Province, Iran Tat Ali , an Ethiopian volcano People (name...
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Martin Frobisher - Wikipedia  Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535 or 1539  15 November 1594) was an English seaman and privateer (licensed pirate) who made three voyages to the New World to look for the Northwest Passage. All landed in northeastern Canada, around today's Resolution Island and Frobisher Bay. .... With him, Frobisher brought three Inuit from Baffin Island, a man called...
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St. Barts Guide: History, attractions and wedding info by WhereToStay  Even as one of the smallest islands in the Caribbean, St. Barts has managed to ... Although discovered by Christopher Columbus (who named the island after his ... past this island in 1493, he named the place for his brother, Bartholomew.
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Pitcairn | Polynesian Cultural Center  In 1790, Fletcher Christian led the mutineers of the British ship HMS Bounty to the island. ... officer Philip Carteret discovered Pitcairn Island in 1767, naming it after the sailor who first sighted the island. ... Pitcairn was the first South Pacific island to come under British colonial power, and the last to remain so. ... *Last name:.
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J! Archive - Show #58, aired 1984-11-28  Contrary to name, this world's largest island is primarily icecap ... N.M.I. means this, as used in the name John (N.M.I.) Smith...
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Louis Blriot - First Flight Society  First To Pilot A Plane Across The English Channel, 1909. 1872  1936. Frenchman Louis Blriot successfully flew across the English Channel in a small, ... 23 miles, Blriot landed near England's Dover Castle 37 minutes after setting out. ... Blriot built aircraft for the French government during World War I and played a role...
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Kodiak Island -- Britannica Academic - Research Tools  The largest Alaskan island (and the second largest island in the United States), ... The island, known as Kikhtak (Eskimo: Island), was called Kodiak by Captain...
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Roald Amundsen from 1903 to 1906  Better known as the first man to reach the South Pole, the Norwegian also ... As he wrote in his Northwest Passage book's introduction: It is in the service of ... past the eastern side of King William Island, through Rae Strait, to the safety of a small ... For almost two years, Gja Haven was their home [see map of their activities...
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Matthew Flinders - Wikipedia  Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774  19 July 1814) was an English navigator and ... Not long after their arrival in Port Jackson, Bass and Flinders made two ... the largest island in Bass Strait would later be named Flinders Island. .... and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803 in His Majesty's ship the...
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Prince Charles Island - Wikipedia  Prince Charles Island is a large, low-lying island with an area of 9,521 km2 (3,676 sq mi), making it the world's 78th largest island and the 19th largest island in Canada. It is located in Foxe Basin, off the west coast of Baffin Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.
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Baffin Island | island, Nunavut, Canada | Britannica.com  With an area of 195,928 square miles (507,451 square km), it is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest in the world. Baffin Island is separated from Greenland on the north and east by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait and from the Labrador-Ungava mainland on the south by Hudson Strait.
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The Largest Islands Of Canada - World Atlas  Jul 21, 2016 ... Baffin Island in Canada is the fifth largest in the world and largest island in Canada. It is spread in an area of 507,451 square kilometers and its...
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Tortola - Wikipedia  Tortola /trtol/ is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of ... that Christopher Columbus named the island Trtola, meaning "turtle dove" in Spanish. ... When the British took over, the name evolved to Tortola. ... The Spanish made a few attempts to settle the islands, but pirates such as...
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Prince Edward Island - Wikipedia  Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, ... The island is named for Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn ... The provincial government has enacted laws to preserve the landscape ... Despite Prince Edward Island's small size and reputation as a largely rural province,...
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Canute ( Cnut ) the Great - A Follower Of The Old Ways( Formerly An ...  Mar 30, 2012 ... Sometimes when you put the word, " Great ", at the end of a name you wonder if ... With Canute ( Cnut ) the Great, it is a perfect description of his ... Yes, there was a King on the throne of England, of Scandinavian ... In 1028, with 50 ships, he sailed to Norway, and made Olaf ... Create your own free website...
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Alcock And Brown - TheInfoList.com  TheInfoList.com - (alcock and brown) British aviators JOHN ALCOCK AND ARTHUR BROWN made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919. ... flight from St. John\'s , Newfoundland to Clifden , Connemara , Ireland. .... In the West of Ireland , it is part of the province of Connacht and is named after the city of Galway .