The Story of Canada: Beyond Brant and Brock

The Story of Canada: Beyond Brant and Brock

22: Frobisher prepares to journey to the Arctic by privateering

Martin Frobisher is credited with the first expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. But the idea for the journey didn't come out of nowhere.

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Jun 01, 2025
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Random privateering ship (source: Unsplash)

First, let’s get a myth out of the way first

North America witnessed its first Thanksgiving feast in 1621, or so the myth goes. “Pilgrims” who were in fact religious dissidents (not Anglican) landed in what would become Plymouth, Massachusetts, but being non-explorers, their food ran out. Their new theocratic se…

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